Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England
- ISBN-10
- 1138878235
- ISBN-13
- 9781138878235
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-10
- Author
- McLynn Frank
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?
