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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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Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England, Frank McLynn
- Language
- Released
- 1989
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Frank McLynn
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 1989
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 392
- ISBN10
- 0415010144
- ISBN13
- 9780415010146
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Death, England, Great Britain, 18th century, Social History, Thefts and Robberies, Criminology, Highways, Capital Punishment
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
- 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?