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Monster Evil

Policing and Violence in Victorian Liverpool

Autor: John E. Archer

Język:

Oprawa: Twarda

Wydawca: Liverpool University Press

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Liverpool gained a unique and notorious reputation during the 19th century for being an abnormally v...

Informacje o książce

Autor

John E. Archer

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2011

strony

281

EAN

9781846316579

ISBN

184631657X

Enbook ID

05099937

Wydawca

Liverpool University Press

Waga

604

Wymiary

164 x 239 x 21

Pełny opis

Liverpool gained a unique and notorious reputation during the 19th century for being an abnormally violent and criminal place. 'The Monster Evil' intends to explore the historical foundations of this stigmatization: were the fears real or an invention of the Victorian newspapers? In answering such questions the book examines Liverpool's violent crime and how effectively it was policed by the newly established constabulary through the use of local and national press reports, contemporary accounts and police records. In doing so issues relating to public acceptance and tolerance of violence and the police will be explored. All forms of criminal interpersonal violence are described and analysed in the context of the city; including notorious murders such as the Tithebarn-street kicking of 1874, the 'wholesale poisonings' by two sisters in 1883 and the killing of young children by other young children in 1855 and 1891. Everyday acts of violence in the home between family members, or in the street, whether as acts of robbery or as drunken unprovoked attacks on strangers or against the police, are also given prominence. An extract on police night shift duty by Liverpool's foremost 19th-century journalist, Hugh Shimmin, is included. The book, which covers much of the Victorian period, is based on original and extensive research. Through an examination of a wide range of 'typical' case studies and news stories, which exemplify the various kinds of violent crime found in Liverpool, readers will find the book accessible, authoritative and surprising in its resonance with present day crime and its news coverage by the media.