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Title: LAND OF WHITE GLOVES?
A HISTORY OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN WALES
By: Richard Ireland
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £39.99


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ISBN 10: 113508940X
ISBN 13: 9781135089405
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 24 March, 2015
Series: History of Crime in the UK and Ireland
Pages: 134
Synopsis: Land of White Gloves? is an important academic investigation into the history of crime and punishment in Wales. Beginning in the medieval period when the limitations of state authority fostered a law centred on kinship and compensation, the study explores the effects of the introduction of English legal models, culminating in the Acts of Union under Henry VIII. It reveals enduring traditions of extra-legal dispute settlement rooted in the conditions of Welsh Society. The study examines the impact of a growing bureaucratic state uniformity in the nineteenth century and concludes by examining the question of whether distinctive features are to be found in patterns of crime and the responses to it into the twentieth century.Dealing with matters as diverse as drunkenness and prostitution, industrial unrest and linguistic protests and with punishments ranging from social ostracism to execution, the book draws on a wide range of sources, primary and secondary, and insights from anthropology, social and legal history. It presents a narrative which explores the nature and development of the state, the theoretical and practical limitations of the criminal law and the relationship between law and the society in which it operates.The book will appeal to those who wish to examine the relationships between state control and social practice and explores the material in an accessible way, which will be both useful and fascinating to those interested in the history of Wales and of the history of crime and punishment more generally.
Illustrations: 8 Halftones, black and white; 1 Tables, black and white
Publication: UK
Imprint: Routledge
Returns: Non-returnable
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