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A History of London's Prisons
A History of London's Prisons
London has had more prisons than any other British city. The City's 'gates' once contained prisons but probably the most notorious of all was Newgate, which stood for over 700 years. The el...
Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum
Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum
Mark Stevens reveals what life was like for the criminally insane, over one hundred years ago. From fresh research into the Broadmoor archives, Mark has uncover...
Convict Voices
Convict Voices : Women, Class and writing about Prison in Nineteenth Century England
In this lively study of the development and transformation of voices of female offenders in nineteenth-century England, Anne Schwan an...
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Crime, Policing And Punishment In England 1660-1914
Crime, Policing and Punishment in England , 1660 - 1914
Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914 offers an overview of the changing nature of crime and its punishment from the Restoration to World War 1. It ...
The British Execution
The British Execution
Executions have played a crucial - if grisly and controversial - part in British history and provided the bloody climax to many a life, from Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I and Dick Turpin to untol...
The History of Newgate
The History of Newgate
This is an account, published around 1866, of the history of the notorious prison from its first authentic mention in 1218 to the mid 1860's. There are chapters on the conditions and punishments s...
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The History of Newgate Prison
The History of Newgate Prison
As the place where prisoners, male and female, awaited trial, execution or transportation Newgate was Britain's most feared gaol for over 700 years. It probably best known today from the no...
Victorian Convicts
Victorian Convicts
What was life like in the Victorian underworld - who were the criminals, what crimes did they commit, how did they come to a criminal career, and what happened to them after they were released from pr...