The English were punished in many different ways in the five centuries after 1500. This collection stretches from whipping to the gallows, and from the first ho

This book explores the relationship between crime, law and popular culture in Europe from the sixteenth century onwards. How was crime understood and dealt with

In the first half of the 18th century there was an explosion in the volume and variety of crime literature published in London. This was a 'golden age of writin

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.

This four volume collection looks at the essential issues concerning crime and punishment in the long nineteenth-century. Through the presentation of primary so