Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

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McLynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a crude means of redistributing wealth?

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Book information

ISBN: 9781138878235
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 364.942
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 635g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 23mm