Rogues, thieves, and the rule of law : the problem of law enforcement in north-east England, 1718-1800 / Gwenda Morgan and Peter Rushton.

By:

Morgan, Gwenda

Contributor(s):

Rushton, Peter

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Bristol, Pa. : UCL Press, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0203982282
9780203982280
9786610139859
6610139857
9781857281163
1857281160
1280139854
9781280139857
113537032X
9781135370329

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rogues, thieves, and the rule of law.DDC classification:

364.9428/09/033 21

LOC classification:

HV6949.E5 M67 1998eb

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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

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-276) and index.

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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

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