This detailed study of the criminal justice system in Victorian
Britain highlights the dilemmas facing those responsible for
administering justice and protecting society from "the criminal."
Encompassing the crimes of the never-identified Jack the Ripper, as
well as many other equally intriguing criminals, Hooligans,
Harlots, and Hangmen: Crime and Punishment in Victorian Britain is
a detailed study of the criminal justice system as it evolved from
the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the outbreak of the
"Great War" in 1914. The first section of the book considers crimes
and criminals, while the second looks at the ways in which the
Victorians sought to explain this deviant behavior. The third
section focuses on the creation of criminals through the work of
the constabulary and the courts. The final section considers the
changing ways in which criminals were punished as the scaffold gave
way to the prison as the dominant means of punishment. A brief
introduction and conclusion set Victorian crime into its broader
sociopolitical context and relates the issues society grappled with
then to those of the present day.
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