Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England
Author: Frank McLynn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136093087
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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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Authors: Frank McLynn
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-17 - Publisher: Routledge

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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