Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere

The Social Discovery of Moral Panic in Eighteenth Century London

AvChristopher Hamerton

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere draws on criminology and social theory to explore and expand social historical themes in the analysis of perceptions of deviance and crime in the eighteenth century.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-11-22
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:282
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031148828

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Christopher Hamerton is Deputy Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Research in the School of Economic, Social and Political Sciences at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword: Professor Dick Hobbs.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere: The Social Discovery of Moral Panic in Eighteenth Century London.- Chapter 2: The shaping of opinion: Literacy, media, and folk devils in eighteenth-century London.- Chapter 3: This great and monstrous thing, called London.- Chapter 4: Who has not trembled at the Mohocks name? Panic on the streets, 1712.- Chapter 5: Kill-grief and Comfort: Madame Geneva and the London gin panic, 1720-1751.- Chapter 6: Morality amid monstrosity: The London Monster panic, 1790.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.