| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The character of north-east England -- chapter 2 Enforcing the law -- chapter 3 The patterns of crimes and punishments -- chapter 4 The social organization of crime -- chapter 5 Common and unnatural crimes: women and north-east crime -- chapter 6 Learning their lesson: the use of public punishments -- chapter 7 Transportation -- chapter 8 Correction and imprisonment -- chapter 9 Law and order |
| Summary |
Rogues, Thieves and the Rule of Law"" is a large-scale study of crime, disorder and law enforcement in northern England in the early modern period. London was not the only city where female criminals were common and gangs were feared, nor was it the sole centre of industrial and political agitation. The north was an area of national significance which supplied the capital with its fuel and whose tendency to industrial insurgence commanded the attention of every 18th-century administration.; Arguing that much of the recent work on early modern crime has focused on London and its surrounding cou |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-276) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Crime -- England, North East -- History -- 18th century
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Law enforcement -- England, North East -- History -- 18th century
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- England, North East -- History -- 18th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Crime
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Law enforcement
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England -- England, North East
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rushton, Peter
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| LC no. |
98123339 |
| ISBN |
0203982282 |
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9780203982280 |
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9786610139859 |
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6610139857 |
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9781857281163 |
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1857281160 |
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1280139854 |
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9781280139857 |
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113537032X |
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9781135370329 |
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