Crime, justice and discretion in England, 1740-1820 / Peter King.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Crime -- England -- History -- 18th century.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 18th century.

Crime -- England -- History -- 19th century.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 19th century.

Criminals -- History.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- History.

1. Introduction

Part 1. Pretrial processes: 2. Victims, informal negotiations, and prosecution options

3. Resources available to victims : public funding, prosecution associations, print, and policing

4. Magistrates and summary courts

Part 2. Offences and offenders: 5. Patterns of crime and patterns of deprivation

6. The offenders : property crime and life-cycle change

Part 3. From trial to punishment: 7. Trials, verdicts, and courtroom interactions

8. Sentencing policy and the impact of gender and age

9. Pardoning policies : the good mind and the bad

10. Rituals of punishment

11. Conclusion : law and social relations, 1740-1820.

Includes index.

0199259070

xiii, 383 p.