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London's Shadows

The Dark Side of the Victorian City

By: Drew D. Gray

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London's Shadows

The Dark Side of the Victorian City

By: Drew D. Gray

In 1888 London was the capital of the greatest empire the world had ever known. In the West End the glittering lamps illuminated the homes of the rich and the emporiums that displayed the countless luxuries that they enjoyed. This was a city that reflected the wealth of the Victorian age, but there was also a dark side to Victorian London: vice and crime, degradation, poverty and despair. When an unknown killer began murdering prostitutes in Whitechapel the horrors of the East End were brought out of the shadows. In 1888 London was the capital of the most powerful empire the world had ever known and the largest city in Europe. In the West End a new city was growing, populated by the middle classes, the epitome of 'Victorian values'. Across the city the situation was very different. The East End of London had long been considered a nether world, a dark and dangerous place, and it embodied many of the fears of respectable Victorians. Using the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper as a focal point, London's Shadows explores prostitution and poverty, revolutionary politics and Irish terrorism, immigration, the criminal underclass and the developing role of the Metropolitan Police. It also considers how the sensationalist New Journalism took the news of the Ripper murders to the furthest corners of the Empire. This is a new and fresh portrait of London at the height of Victoria's reign, revealing the dark underbelly of the city's history.

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A&C Black

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1847252427

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9781847252425

Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914

By: Drew D. Gray

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Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914

By: Drew D. Gray

Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914 offers an overview of the changing nature of crime and its punishment from the Restoration to World War 1. It charts how prosecution and punishment have changed from the early modern to the modern period and reflects on how the changing nature of English society has affected these processes. By combining extensive primary material alongside a thorough analysis of historiography this text offers an invaluable resource to students and academics alike. The book is arranged in two sections: the first looks at the evolution and development of the criminal justice system and the emergence of the legal profession, and examines the media's relationship with crime. Section two examines key themes in the history of crime, covering the emergence of professional policing, the move from physical punishment to incarceration and the importance of gender and youth. Finally, the book draws together these themes and considers how the Criminal Justice System has developed to suit the changing nature of the British state.

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409

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472579283

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9781472579287

Nether World

Crime and the Police Courts in Victorian London

By: Drew D. Gray

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Nether World

Crime and the Police Courts in Victorian London

By: Drew D. Gray

A new account of urban Victorian life told through the dubious day-to-day of London’s police courts. Nether World presents a rich, often humorous glimpse into everyday life in Victorian London through a revealing account of nineteenth-century police courts. People of all classes brought complaints to this court about those who had hurt, abused, or stolen from them—drunks, pickpockets, wife-beaters, and fraudsters—who were each in their turn judged by magistrates wielding broad summary powers. Delving into underexamined court records and the pages of a fast-developing newspaper industry, Drew D. Gray offers a fresh description of a vibrant, ever-changing metropolis and considers ongoing issues such as poverty, homelessness, violence, substance abuse, prostitution, and—of course—crime.

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345

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Reaktion Books

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1789148944

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9781789148947

Prosecuting Homicide in Eighteenth-Century Law and Practice

“And Must They All Be Hanged?”

By: Drew D. Gray

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Prosecuting Homicide in Eighteenth-Century Law and Practice

“And Must They All Be Hanged?”

By: Drew D. Gray

This volume uses four case studies, all with strong London connections, to analyze homicide law and the pardoning process in eighteenth-century England. Each reveals evidence of how attempts were made to negotiate a path through the justice system to avoid conviction, and so avoid a sentence of hanging. This approach allows a deep examination of the workings of the justice system using social and cultural history methodologies. The cases explore wider areas of social and cultural history in the period, such as the role of policing agents, attitudes towards sexuality and prostitution, press reporting, and popular conceptions of "honorable" behavior. They also allow an engagement with what has been identified as the gradual erosion of individual agency within the law, and the concomitant rise of the state. Investigating the nature of the pardoning process shows how important it was to have "friends in high places," and also uncovers ways in which the legal system was susceptible to accusations of corruption. Readers will find an illuminating view of eighteenth-century London through a legal lens.

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208

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Routledge

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100004792X

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9781000047929

Jack and the Thames Torso Murders

A New Ripper?

By: Drew Gray,Andrew Wise

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Jack and the Thames Torso Murders

A New Ripper?

By: Drew Gray,Andrew Wise

Using contemporary sources and modern profiling techniques, the authors flag-up a hitherto little-known suspect as London’s most infamous mass-murderer.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445687771

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London's Shadows

London's Shadows

Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914

Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914

Nether World

Nether World

Prosecuting Homicide in Eighteenth-Century Law and Practice

Prosecuting Homicide in Eighteenth-Century Law and Practice

Jack and the Thames Torso Murders

Jack and the Thames Torso Murders

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