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The Monster Evil - Policing and Violence in Victorian Liverpool (Paperback)
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The Monster Evil - Policing and Violence in Victorian Liverpool (Paperback)
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Loot Price R374
Discovery Miles 3 740
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Liverpool gained a unique and notorious reputation during the 19th
century for being an abnormally violent and criminal place. 'The
Monster Evil' intends to explore the historical foundations of this
stigmatization: were the fears real or an invention of the
Victorian newspapers? In answering such questions the book examines
Liverpool's violent crime and how effectively it was policed by the
newly established constabulary through the use of local and
national press reports, contemporary accounts and police records.
In doing so issues relating to public acceptance and tolerance of
violence and the police will be explored. All forms of criminal
interpersonal violence are described and analysed in the context of
the city; including notorious murders such as the Tithebarn-street
kicking of 1874, the 'wholesale poisonings' by two sisters in 1883
and the killing of young children by other young children in 1855
and 1891. Everyday acts of violence in the home between family
members, or in the street, whether as acts of robbery or as drunken
unprovoked attacks on strangers or against the police, are also
given prominence. An extract on police night shift duty by
Liverpool's foremost 19th-century journalist, Hugh Shimmin, is
included. The book, which covers much of the Victorian period, is
based on original and extensive research. Through an examination of
a wide range of 'typical' case studies and news stories, which
exemplify the various kinds of violent crime found in Liverpool,
readers will find the book accessible, authoritative and surprising
in its resonance with present day crime and its news coverage by
the media.
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