Murder and Mayhem

Crime in Twentieth-Century Britain

Professor David Nash, Anne-Marie Kilday (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

327 Seiten

2018
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-137-29043-4 (ISBN)

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This introductory book offers a coherent history of twentieth century crime and the law in Britain, with chapters on topics ranging from homicide to racial hate crime, from incest to anarchism, from gangs to the death penalty. Pulling together a wide range of literature, David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday reveal the evolution of attitudes towards criminality and the law over the course of the twentieth century. Highlighting important periods of change and development that have shaped the overall history of crime in Britain, the authors provide in-depth analysis and explanation of each theme.

This is an ideal companion for undergraduate students taking courses on Crime in Britain, as well as a fascinating resource for scholars.

ANNE-MARIE KILDAY is Principal Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She researches and publishes on the history of violent crime and the history of female criminality since the early modern period. DAVID NASH is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He has published extensively in the areas of the history of blasphemy, blasphemous libel and religious crime for over fifteen years. He is also author of Cultures of Shame: Exploring Crime and Morality in Britain 1650-1900 with Anne-Marie Kilday, with whom he co-edited Histories of Crime: Britain 1600-2000.

Introduction: Britain in the Twentieth Century, David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday
Britain's Most 'Wanted': Homicide and Serial Murder since 1900, Anne-Marie Kilday
Serious Property Offending in the Twentieth Century, Lucy Williams and Barry Godfrey
Racial Hate Crime in Britain,David Nash
Offences Against Children: Incest and Child Sexual Abuse,Kim Stevenson
Anarchism, Assassination and Terrorismin Modern Britain, Johannes Dillinger
‘Hope I Die Before I Get Too Old’: Social Rebellion and Social Diseases, Clifford Williamson
Organised Crime, Criminality and the ‘Gangster', Heather Shore
Punishment: The Death Penalty and Incarceration, Helen Johnston
Law Enforcement: Policies and Perspectives,Neil Davie

Erscheinungsdatum	09.06.2018
Zusatzinfo	40 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	450 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-137-29043-9 / 1137290439
ISBN-13	978-1-137-29043-4 / 9781137290434
Zustand	Neuware