Crime And Punishment In Eighteenth Century England

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?

• | Author: McLynn Frank
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 27, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 436 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138878235
• | ISBN-13: 9781138878235