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This book explores the form, function and meaning of crime and
execution broadsides printed in nineteenth-century Britain. By
presenting a detailed discourse analysis of 650 broadsides printed
across Britain between the years 1800-1850, this book provides a
unique and alternative interpretation as to their narratives of
crime. This criminological interpretation is based upon the social
theories of Emile Durkheim, who recognised the higher utility of
crime and punishment as being one of social integration and the
preservation of moral boundaries. The central aim of this book is
to show that broadsides relating to crime and punishment served as
a form of moral communication for the masses and that they are
examples of how the working class once attempted to bolster a sense
of stability and community, during the transitional years of the
early nineteenth century, by effectively representing both a
consolidation and celebration of their core values and beliefs.
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