Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England
- ISBN-10
- 1136093087
- ISBN-13
- 9781136093081
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-17
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Frank McLynn
Description
McLynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a crude means of redistributing wealth?
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