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Crime, Prosecution and Social Relations: The Summary Courts of the City of London in the Late Eighteenth Century

Gray, D. (2009) Crime, Prosecution and Social Relations: The Summary Courts of the City of London in the Late Eighteenth Century. Basingtsoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan. 9780230203976.

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Abstract: Crime, Prosecution and Social Relations offers a fascinating view of the social history of Georgian London through the hitherto neglected prism of the Summary courts. This study looks at how rich and poor Londoners used these courts to prosecute those that assaulted or stole from them; to negotiate better working conditions; and to punish prostitutes, vagrants and disorderly apprentices. It argues that while most previous work on crime has focused on the courts of assize and quarter session, and on offences that attracted sentences of hanging and transportation, it was at Summary level that most people experienced the law in this period. This is the first monograph to deal exclusively with the nature and role of summary proceedings in England in the long eighteenth century within the context of the social history of crime and the criminal justice system and therefore represents an important addition to our understanding of this area of history
Uncontrolled Keywords: Crime, Summary Justice, History, London
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DA670 Local history and description > DA675 London
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV6001 Criminology > HV6774 Crimes and criminal classes > HV6950.L7 London
K Law > K Law (General) > K2100 Courts. Procedure
Creators: Gray, Drew
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History
Date: 11 September 2009
Date Type: Publication
Place of Publication: Basingtsoke, England
Number of Pages: 227
Language: English
ISBN: 9780230203976
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/2092

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