Print culture, crime and justice in eighteenth-century London / Richard M. Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Richard M., author.

Series:

History of crime, deviance and punishment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime and the press--England--London.

Crime and the press.

Journalism--Objectivity.

Journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 315 pages)

Other Title:

Print culture, crime and justice in eighteenth century London

Print culture, crime and justice in 18th-century London

Print culture, crime and justice in 18th century London

Place of Publication:

London ; New Delhi ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Summary:

"In the first half of the 18th century there was an explosion in the volume and variety of crime literature published in London. This was a 'golden age of writing about crime', when the older genres of criminal biographies, social policy pamphlets and 'last-dying speeches' were joined by a raft of new publications, including newspapers, periodicals, graphic prints, the Old Bailey Proceedings and the Ordinary's Account of malefactors executed at Tyburn. By the early 18th century propertied Londoners read a wider array of printed texts and images about criminal offenders - highwaymen, housebreakers, murderers, pickpockets and the like - than ever before or since. Print Culture, Crime and Justice in 18th-Century London provides the first detailed study of crime reporting across this range of publications to explore the influence of print upon contemporary perceptions of crime and upon the making of the law and its administration in the metropolis. This historical perspective helps us to rethink the relationship between media, the public sphere and criminal justice policy in the present."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

ISBN:

9781474210867 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.