Whores and Highwaymen by Gregory J Durston

Whores and Highwaymen by Gregory J Durston

A fresh perspective on a crucial time for courts, policing and punishment. Shows how individuals, concerned parties and vested interests drove many of the era's developments. A colourful account, which captures the essence of the period. Running to nearly 700 pages, this comprehensive work on the development of summary jurisdiction, early policing and the emergence of London's embryonic modern criminal justice system looks at every aspect of these topics from numerous perspectives and across the eighteenth century. The 'whores' and 'highwaymen' of Gregory Durston's title are just some of the dubious characters met within this absorbing work, including thief-takers, trading justices, an upstart legal profession whose lower orders developed various ways to line their own pockets and magistrates and clerks who often preferred dealing with those cases which attracted fees. The book shows how little was planned by government or the authorities, and how much sprang up due to the efforts of individuals-so that the origins of social control, particularly at a local level, had much to do with personal ideas of morality, class boundaries and perceived threats, serious and otherwise. Based on news reports, Old Bailey and local archives, and other solid records the book weaves a compelling picture of a critical time in English history, through the voices of contemporary observers as well as the best of writings by experts ever since. At its broadest point, the book spans the period from the Glorious Revolution to the early 1820s. It falls into three parts: Crime and the Metropolis-including Metropolitan crime, attitudes to crime and policing, explanations for crime, and criminal law and procedure. Policing-including policing the metropolis, constables, the watch, beadles, the role of the military, and the detection of crime. Justice-including the magistracy and its work, ways of prosecution, trial in the lower and higher courts, and the penal regimes of the day. Whores and Highwaymen concentrates on the Metropolis but also compares other parts of England and Wales.

'A very-well-researched and readable book.. a bit of a romp' - Law Society Gazette; 'A monumental work on crime and justice in eighteenth century London... treasures are contained in its 668 pages' - John Hostettler, Legal Historian and author.

Gregory J Durston is a barrister-at-law who has taught in Law Schools in England and Japan. He is Reader in Law at Kingston University, Surrey and the author of Fields, Fens and Felonies: Crime and Justice in Eighteenth-Century East Anglia (Waterside Press, 2016).

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ISBN 13	9781909976399
ISBN 10	1909976393
Titel	Whores and Highwaymen
Autor	Gregory J Durston
Serie	Crime History Series
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Waterside Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2016-11-16
Seitenanzahl	680
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