Men of blood violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England /

Men of blood violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England /

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Main Author: Wiener, Martin J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Homicide > England > History > 19th century.
Violence in men > England > History > 19th century.
Women > Violence against > England > History > 19th century.
Wife abuse > England > History > 19th century.
Sexism > England > History > 19th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of > England > History > 19th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Violence and Law, Gender and Law
  • 2. When Men Killed Men
  • 3. Sexual Violence
  • 4. Homicidal Women and Homicidal Men: A Growing Contrast
  • 5. Bad Wives: Drunkenness and Other Provocations
  • 6. Bad Wives II: Adultery and the Unwritten Law
  • 7. Establishing Intention: Probing the Mind of a Wife Killer
  • Conclusion: The New "Reasonable Man" and Twentieth-Century Britain.

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