Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England image
ISBN-10:

1138878235

ISBN-13:

9781138878235

Author(s): MCLYNN, Frank
Edition: 1
Released: Apr 29, 2015
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback, 436 pages
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Description:

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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