London's Criminal Underworlds, c. 1720 - c. 1930 A Social and Cultural History | EKB DL

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London's Criminal Underworlds, c. 1720 - c. 1930 A Social and Cultural History

London's Criminal Underworlds, c. 1720 - c. 1930 A Social and Cultural History

Description

This book offers an original and exciting analysis of the concept of the criminal underworld. Print culture, policing and law enforcement, criminal networks, space and territory are explored here through a series of case studies taken from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Keywords

HistorySocial HistoryEuropeGreat BritainSocial ScienceCriminologyModern

2015Book

Author(s)Heather Shore

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780230304048

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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