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James MacPherson: A Scottish Robin Hood
No full textJames Macpherson led a notorious gang of robbers in late seventeenth-century Scotland, and he became infamous for robbing rich lairds to give to the poor. Anne-Marie Kilday explains how his notoriety is also significant for revealing how people in early modern Scotland could hold complex attitudes towards the Gypsy Roma Traveller community that did not always accept negative stereotypes fostered by legal restrictions
Jack the Ripper - Serial Killer?
No full textThe perpetrator of the Whitechapel Murders has long been considered by scholars to be one of the earliest examples of the modern-day serial killer. This chapter will provide a detailed examination of the way the various murders were perpetrated, including an analysis of the post-mortem treatment of the victims, in order to ascertain any evident linkages between the killings. In doing so, not only will the veracity of the serial killer theory be tested, but the chapter will also offer insights into the potential rationale behind the brutal killings that occurred
Vigilante Groups and Jack the Ripper
No full textThis chapter will assess the significance of vigilante groups to the investigation into the Whitechapel Murders, with a particular emphasis on the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee and the central involvement it seemed to have in the public perception of the investigation into these crimes. Not only will this analysis highlight the weaknesses of the police investigation into the killings in the Autumn of 1888, but it will also ascertain the strength of opinion towards the ‘new’ police amongst Victorian society and what Victorians suggested as viable alternatives in the hunt for Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper - Serial Killer?
No full textThe perpetrator of the Whitechapel Murders has long been considered by scholars to be one of the earliest examples of the modern-day serial killer. This chapter will provide a detailed examination of the way the various murders were perpetrated, including an analysis of the post-mortem treatment of the victims, in order to ascertain any evident linkages between the killings. In doing so, not only will the veracity of the serial killer theory be tested, but the chapter will also offer insights into the potential rationale behind the brutal killings that occurred
Jack the Ripper and Moral Panics
No full textThis chapter will consider the numerous cultures of fear which prevailed in nineteenth century England and how they contributed to Victorian views on crime, deviancy and society ahead of the Whitechapel murders. A consideration of early examples of what scholar Stanley Cohen has defined as ‘moral panics’ regarding issues such as prostitution and juvenile delinquency, will not only highlight key issues that concerned the Victorian populace, but also emphasise the increasing influence and reach of newspapers in the decades before 1888
Jack the Ripper and Moral Panics
No full textThis chapter will consider the numerous cultures of fear which prevailed in nineteenth century England and how they contributed to Victorian views on crime, deviancy and society ahead of the Whitechapel murders. A consideration of early examples of what scholar Stanley Cohen has defined as ‘moral panics’ regarding issues such as prostitution and juvenile delinquency, will not only highlight key issues that concerned the Victorian populace, but also emphasise the increasing influence and reach of newspapers in the decades before 1888
Vigilante Groups and Jack the Ripper
No full textThis chapter will assess the significance of vigilante groups to the investigation into the Whitechapel Murders, with a particular emphasis on the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee and the central involvement it seemed to have in the public perception of the investigation into these crimes. Not only will this analysis highlight the weaknesses of the police investigation into the killings in the Autumn of 1888, but it will also ascertain the strength of opinion towards the ‘new’ police amongst Victorian society and what Victorians suggested as viable alternatives in the hunt for Jack the Ripper
Law, Crime and Deviance since 1700: Micro Studies in the History of Crime. Edited by Anne‐Marie Kilday and David Nash. Bloomsbury. 2016. xiii + 324pp. £21.99
No full textLaw, Crime and Deviance since 1700: Micro Studies in the History of Crime. Edited by Anne‐Marie Kilday and David Nash. Bloomsbury. 2016. xiii + 324pp. £21.99
Anne-Marie Kilday / David Nash, Beyond Deviant Damsels. Re-evaluating Female Criminality in the Nineteenth Century. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2023
No full textRezensierte Publikation: Anne-Marie Kilday, Beyond Deviant Damsels. Re-evaluating Female Criminality in the Nineteenth Century. 2023 Oxford University Press Oxford, 9780198830733, £ 83,–Peer Reviewe
Fair and unfair trials in the British Isles, 1800-1940 microhistories of justice and injustice
No full textCover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Contextualizing the Unfair Trial in the Age of Public Criticism Anne-Marie Kilday and David Nash -- 1 'A Monstrous Innovation on the Laws': Murder and Double Jeopardy at the Old Bailey Heather Shore -- 2 Legislating to Ensure 'Impartial' Justice: Palmer's Act of 1856 Katherine D. Watson -- 3 'All That They Had Heard, All That They Had Read, All That They Had Seen': Questions of Fairness and Justice in the Trial of George Vass Helen Rutherford, Northumbria University and Clare Sandford-Couch, Newcastle University -- 4 The Trials of Peter Barrett: A Microhistory of Dysfunction in the Irish Criminal Justice System Niamh Howlin -- 5 The Maamtrasna Murders: The Trial of Myles Joyce Conor Hanly -- 6 The Bedborough Case, 1898: 'A Curious Gonfalon Round Which to Fight' Lesley A. Hall -- 7 'Circumstances of Unexplained Savagery': The Gilchrist Murder Case and Its Legacy, 1908-1927 Anne-Marie Kilday -- 8 'Police Fiasco', 'The Black Army', 'Devil Dodgers' and 'Humbug': The Apparent 'Inevitably' of Unfair Blasphemy Trials up to 1922 David Nash -- 9 The Bobbed-Haired Bandit and the Smash-and-Grab Raider Alyson Brown -- Bibliography -- Inde
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