Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

Taylor & Francis

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? > 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? > 1: London; 2: Law Enforcement; 3: Homicide; 4: Highwaymen; 5: Property Crime; 6: Women (1); 7: Women (2); 8: Crimes of the Powerful; 9: High Treason; 10: Smuggling; 11: Poaching; 12: Rioting; 13: Theories on Crime and Punishment; 14: Execution; 15: Secondary Punishment; 16: Crime and Social Change; 17: The Impact of War > \n`(Frank McLynn's) grasp of his subject is masterly, his arguments are lucid, and his research daunting.' - The Times\n\n`Scholarly, sensible and acute ... McLynn's book is the most valuabler