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"Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914" offers an
overview of the changing nature of crime and its punishment from
the Restoration to World War 1. It charts how prosecution and
punishment have changed from the early modern to the modern period
and reflects on how the changing nature of English society has
affected these processes. By combining extensive primary material
alongside a thorough analysis of historiography this text offers an
invaluable resource to students and academics alike.The book is
arranged in two sections: the first looks at the evolution and
development of the criminal justice system and the emergence of the
legal profession, and examines the media's relationship with crime.
Section two examines key themes in the history of crime, covering
the emergence of professional policing, the move from physical
punishment to incarceration and the importance of gender and youth.
Finally, the book draws together these themes and considers how the
Criminal Justice System has developed to suit the changing nature
of the British state.
In 1888 London was the capital of the most powerful empire the
world had ever known, and the largest city in Europe. In the west a
new city was growing, populated by the middle classes, the epitome
of 'Victorian values'. Across the city the situation was very
different. The East End of London had long been considered a nether
world, a dark and dangerous region outside the symbolic 'walls' of
the original City. Using the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper
as a focal point, this book explores prostitution, poverty,
revolutionary politics, immigration, the creation of a criminal
underclass and the development of policing. It also considers how
the sensationalist 'new journalism' took the news of the Ripper
murders to all corners of the Empire and to the United States. This
is an important book for those interested in the history of
Victorian Britain.
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