Law, Crime and Deviance since 1700 Micro-Studies in the History of Crime [Hardcover]

Law, Crime and Deviance since 1700explores the potential for the 'micro-study' approach to the history of crime and legal history. A selection of in-depth narrative micro-studies are featured to illustrate specific issues associated with the theme of crime and the law in historical context. The methodology used unpacks the wider historiographical and contextual issues related to each thematic area and facilitates discussion of the wider implications for the history of crime and social relations.

The case studies in the volume cover a range of incidents relating to crime, law and deviant behaviour since 1700, from policing vice in Victorian London to chain gang narratives from the southern United States. The book concludes by demonstrating how these narratives can be brought together to produce a more nuanced history of the area and suggests avenues for future research and study.

Introduction(David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday, Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Section One ??? Criminality, State and Society
1. The Uses of a Martyred Blasphemer's Death: The Execution of Thomas Aitkenhead, Scotland's Religion, the Enlightenment and Contemporary Activism(David Nash, Oxford Brookes University, UK)
2. History, Narrative and attacking Chronocentricism in Understanding Financial Crime: The Significance of Micro-history (Sarah Wilson, University of York, UK)
3. The Limits of Government Intervention: Caroline Wybrow and the Scandal of the Contagious Diseases Acts(Adrian Ager, Oxford Brookes University, UK)
4. The Bonnie and Clyde of the Blackout: The Short Criminal Careers of Gustav Hulten and Elizabeth Jones(Clifford Williamson, Bath Spa University, UK)
Section Two ??? Violence and the Violent
5. Love, Vengeance and Vitriol: An Edwardian True-Crime Drama(Katherine D. Watson, Oxford Brookes University, UK)
6. Constructing the Cult of the Criminal: Kate Webster - Victorian Murderel£_