| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 491 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Examines the considerable changes that took place in the criminal justice system in the city of London in the century after the Restoration, well before the inauguration of the so-called "age of reform." The policing institutions of the city were transformed in response to the problems created by the rapid expansion of the metropolis during the early modern period, and as a consequence of the emergence of a polite urban culture. The City authorities were instrumental in the establishment of new forms of punishment--particularly transportation to the American colonies and confinement at hard labor--that for the first time made secondary sanctions available to the English courts for convicted felons and diminished the reliance on the terror created by capital punishment. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Law enforcement -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
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Law enforcement. |
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England -- London. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Crime -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
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Crime. |
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Punishment -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
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Punishment. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beattie, J.M. Policing and punishment in London, 1660-1750. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 0198208677 019925723X (DLC) 2001275195 (OCoLC)46694877 |
| ISBN |
1423785983 (electronic book) |
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9781423785989 (electronic book) |
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1280445823 |
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9781280445828 |
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0198208677 (Cloth) |
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