Men of Blood Violence, Manliness, and Criminal Justice in Victorian England

An examination of the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. During Victoria's reign the criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily, while propagating a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet this apparently progressiv...

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Main Author:	Wiener, Martin J.
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press 12.01.2004
Edition:	1
Subjects:	19th century Criminal jurisdiction Criminal justice Criminal justice, Administration of Criminal justice, Administration of > England > History > 19th century Domestic violence England History Homicide Homicide > England > History > 19th century Masculinity Sexism Sexism > England > History > 19th century United Kingdom Violence against Violence in men Violence in men > England > History > 19th century Wife abuse Wife abuse > England > History > 19th century Women Women > Violence against > England > History > 19th century
ISBN:	0521684161, 0521831989, 9780521684163, 9780521831987
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