Crime in England 1815-1880

Crime in England, 1815-1880 provides a unique insight into views on crime and criminality and the operation of the criminal justice system in England from the early to the late nineteenth century.

This book examines the perceived problem and causes of crime, views about offenders and the consequences of these views for the treatment of offenders in the criminal justice system. The book explores the perceived causes of criminality, as well as concerns about particular groups of offenders. It also considers the development of policing, the systems of capital punishment and the transportation of offenders overseas, as well as the evolution of both local and convict prison systems.

Introduction 1. The Causes of Crime 2. The Criminal Classes and the Habitual Offender 3. Policing England, 1815-1880 4. Capital and corporal punishments: From public to private 5. Transportation: Convicts to the colonies 6. Local Prisons: Diversity, discipline, centralisation 7. Convict Prisons: Experiencing Penal Servitude 8. Women, Crime and Custody 9. Juvenile Offenders: Responding to the problem of juvenile crime 10. Concluding remarks.