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CRIME IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH MAGAZINES

NCJ Number
142676
Editor(s)
E M Palmegiano
Date Published
1993
Length
165 pages
Annotation
The 1,614 entries contained in this annotated biliography address every aspect of crime in Victorian Britain during the 19th Century.
Abstract
Subjects covered include violations of legally protected interests and harm to persons, property, or the state as well as conduct commentators designated as criminal. The initial category shows how authority defined crime, and a second reveals how authors determined it. Indexes to author, other personnel, and subject facilitate use of the bibliography.