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Law, crime and deviance since 1700 : micro-studies in the history of crime / edited by Anne-Marie Kilday and David Nash.

by Kilday, Anne-Marie, editor., Nash, David (David S.), editor.

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Introduction / David S. Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday -- Section I. Criminality, state and society. The uses of a martyred blasphemer's death : the execution of Thomas Aikenhead, Scotland's religion, the Enlightenment and contemporary activism / David S. Nash -- History, narrative and attacking chronocentricism in understanding financial crime : the significance of micro-history / Sarah Wilson -- The limits of government intervention : Caroline Wybrow and the scandal of the contagious diseases acts / Adrian Ager -- The Bonnie and Clyde of the blackout : the short criminal careers of Gustav Hulten and Elizabeth Jones / Clifford Williamson -- Section II. Violence and the violent. Love, vengeance and vitriol : an Edwardian true-crime drama / Katherine D. Watson -- Constructing the cult of the criminal : Kate Webster--Victorian murderess and media sensation / Anne-Marie Kilday -- Section III. Police and policing. 'Hand in glove with the penny-a-liners' : the Bow Street 'runners' in factual and fictional narrative / David J. Cox.

Citizens' complaints and police (un)accountability : the career of a Parisian Commissaire de Police of the Belle ?Epoque / Anja Johansen -- Bobbies, booze and bagatelle : policing vice in early Victorian London / Rachael Griffin -- Section IV. Stories of confinement. 'I am afraid she is perfectly responsible for her actions and is simply wicked' : reconstructing the criminal career of Julia Hyland / Helen Johnston, Barry Godfrey and Jo Turner -- Making their mark : young offenders' life histories and social networks / Helen Rogers -- Reflections on the chain gang and prison narratives from the southern United States / Vivien Miller -- 'Nothing kept back, nothing exaggerated' : piety, penology and conflict : Joseph Kingsmill, prison chaplain (1842-60) / Neil Davie.

Law, Crime and Deviance since 1700" explores the potential for the 'micro-study' approach to the history of crime and legal history. A selection of in-depth narrative micro-studies are featured to illustrate specific issues associated with the theme of crime and the law in historical context. The methodology used unpacks the wider historiographical and contextual issues related to each thematic area and facilitates discussion of the wider implications for the history of crime and social relations. The case studies in the volume cover a range of incidents relating to crime, law and deviant behaviour since 1700, from policing vice in Victorian London to chain gang narratives from the southern United States. The book concludes by demonstrating how these narratives can be brought together to produce a more nuanced history of the area and suggests avenues for future research and study.

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