Description |
1 online resource (151 pages) |
Series |
Routledge Studies in Modern British History Ser |
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Routledge Studies in Modern British History Ser
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Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Crime, criminals and class -- Dodgy dealing -- Crime, criminals and biography -- Jesse Varley -- Aims and issues -- Notes -- PART I: Motives -- 1. Predisposition -- Personality and predictability -- Convict capitalists and bank clerks -- Jesse Varley -- Work, marriage and a partner in crime? -- Not proven -- Notes -- 2. Ambition -- Drive, determination and greed -- Rejection and revenge -- The officer in charge -- Ambition, rejection and redirection |
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Criminal spending and criminal motivation -- Notes -- 3. Opportunity -- Explanation and exculpation -- Expansion and accountability -- Cash and concealment -- Sitting on a volcano -- A perfect storm -- Notes -- PART II: Methods -- 4. Deceit and display -- Wine, women and song -- Trust, acceptance and respectability -- Religion and reassurance -- A double life -- The public and the private -- Notes -- PART III: Retribution -- 5. Arrest and prosecution -- Their just deserts -- Grave charges -- The assizes -- Varley's vanity -- Justice done -- Notes -- 6. Punishment and rehabilitation |
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Prejudice and prurience -- Gentleman convicts -- Penal servitude -- Release -- Release, respectability and trust -- Notes -- 7. Recidivism and reconviction -- Selfishness and selflessness -- A tale of two sons -- Prison, prejudice and possibilities -- Particularly cruel -- Rehabilitation and non-rehabilitation -- Notes -- PART IV: Repercussions -- 8. Shame, blame and reform -- Evidence and extrapolation -- Families, fissures and connections -- Plausible swindlers -- Free and easy -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Note -- Select bibliography -- Index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Varley, Jesse, 1869-1929
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White collar crimes -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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White collar crimes -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices
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White collar crimes
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2019033021 |
ISBN |
9780429844805 |
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0429844808 |
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9780429844799 |
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0429844794 |
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9780429844782 |
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0429844786 |
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9780429454134 |
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0429454139 |
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