Evangelicalism, Penal Theory and the Politics of Criminal Law: Reform in England, 1808-30 (Studies in Modern History)
Description
Following the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807, a group of politicians began to agitate for reform of England's "bloody code" of criminal statutes. This examines the politics and propaganda of criminal law reform from 1808 to the Whig succession to power in 1830.
Keywords
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OFCRIMINAL LAW_GREAT BRITAIN
2000Book
Author(s)Richard R. Follett
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333803882
LanguageEnglish
