The Bloody Code in England and Wales, 1760-1830

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Walliss, John (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence
• Θέματα: Great Britain-History.; Social history.; Crime-Sociological aspects.; Europe-History-1492-.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Social History.; Crime and Society.; History of Early Modern Europe.; History of Modern Europe.

This book is a comparative quantitative analysis of the administration of justice across four English and three Welsh counties between 1760 and 1830. Drawing on a dataset of over 22,000 indictments, the book explores the similarities and differences between how the so-called Bloody Code was administ...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Part One: England
• Chapter 2: The Criminal justice process in Georgian England.- Chapter 3: 'The lottery of justice': The Bloody Code in England, 1760-1830
• Part Two: Wales
• Chapter 4: Crime and Justice in the Courts of Great Sessions: The Brecon Circuit 1760-1830.- Chapter 5: A land of White Gloves? Life and death in Georgian Wales.- Chapter 6: Conclusion
• Index.