| Description |
xii,383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Victims, Informal Negotiations, and Prosecution Options -- 3. Resources Available to Victims: Public Funding, Prosecution Associations, Print, and Policing -- 4. Magistrates and Summary Courts -- 5. Patterns of Crime and Patterns of Deprivation -- 6. The Offenders: Property Crime and Life-Cycle Change -- 7. Trials, Verdicts, and Courtroom Interactions -- 8. Sentencing Policy and the Impact of Gender and Age -- 9. Pardoning Policies: The Good Mind and the Bad -- 10. Rituals of Punishment -- 11. Conclusion: Law and Social Relations, 1740-1820 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Crime -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Crime -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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| LC no. |
00024775 |
| ISBN |
0198229100 alkaline paper |
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