Men of blood [electronic resource] : violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England / Martin J. Wiener.
By: Wiener, Martin J.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: xvi, 296 p.Subject(s): Homicide -- England -- History -- 19th century | Violence in men -- England -- History -- 19th century | Women -- Violence against -- England -- History -- 19th century | Wife abuse -- England -- History -- 19th century | Sexism -- England -- History -- 19th century | Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.15/23/094209034 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Violence and Law, Gender and Law -- 2. When Men Killed Men -- 3. Sexual Violence -- 4. Homicidal Women and Homicidal Men: A Growing Contrast -- 5. Bad Wives: Drunkenness and Other Provocations -- 6. Bad Wives II: Adultery and the Unwritten Law -- 7. Establishing Intention: Probing the Mind of a Wife Killer -- Conclusion: The New "Reasonable Man" and Twentieth-Century Britain.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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