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9781857281163

Rogues, Thieves And the Rule of Law: The Problem Of Law Enforcement In North-East England, 1718-1820

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    9781857281163

  • ISBN10:

    1857281160

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-06-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

A study of crime and law enforcement in the north-eastern counties between the Transportation Act of 1718 and the "Bloody Code" of the 1800s - the key period of debate in the history of English crime.

Author Biography

Peter Rushton is Reader in Historical Sociology at the University of Sunderland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. vii
Glossaryp. ix
Short list of printed worksp. x
List of tablesp. xi
List of illustrationsp. xii
Introductionp. 1
The character of north-east Englandp. 9
Enforcing the lawp. 27
The patterns of crimes and punishmentsp. 47
The social organization of crimep. 77
Common and unnatural crimes: women and north-east crimep. 97
Learning their lesson: the use of public punishmentsp. 125
Transportationp. 153
Correction and imprisonmentp. 171
Law and orderp. 191
Conclusionp. 215
Notesp. 219
Manuscript sourcesp. 259
Bibliographyp. 261
Indexp. 277
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