The Resource Men of blood : violence, manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England, Martin J. Wiener
Men of blood : violence, manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England, Martin J. Wiener
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- Summary
- This Book Examines far more thoroughly than ever before the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. During Victoria's reign the criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily, while propagating a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet this apparently progressive legal development called forth strong resistance, not only from violent men themselves but from others who drew upon discourses of democracy, humanitarianism, and patriarchy to establish sympathy with "men of blood." In exploring this development and the contest it generated, Professor Wiener, author of several important works in British history, analyzes the cultural logic underlying shifting practices in nineteenth-century courts and Whitehall and locates competing cultural discourses in the everyday life of criminal justice. The tensions and dilemmas highlighted by this book are more than simply "Victorian" ones; to an important degree they remain with us. Consequently this work speaks not only to historians and to students of gender but also to criminologists and legal theorists
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 296 pages
- Contents
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- Violence and law, gender and law.
- When men killed men.
- Sexual violence.
- Homicidal women and homicidal men: a growing contrast.
- Bad wives: drunkenness and other provocations.
- Bad wives II: adultery and the unwritten law.
- Establishing intention: probing the mind of a wife killer.
- Conclusion: The new "reasonable man" and twentieth-century Britain
- Isbn
- 9780521831987
- Label
- Men of blood : violence, manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England
- Title
- Men of blood
- Title remainder
- violence, manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England
- Statement of responsibility
- Martin J. Wiener
- Subject
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- Sexism -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Wife abuse -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Homicide -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Violence against -- England -- History -- 19th century
- History
- Violence in men -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This Book Examines far more thoroughly than ever before the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. During Victoria's reign the criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily, while propagating a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet this apparently progressive legal development called forth strong resistance, not only from violent men themselves but from others who drew upon discourses of democracy, humanitarianism, and patriarchy to establish sympathy with "men of blood." In exploring this development and the contest it generated, Professor Wiener, author of several important works in British history, analyzes the cultural logic underlying shifting practices in nineteenth-century courts and Whitehall and locates competing cultural discourses in the everyday life of criminal justice. The tensions and dilemmas highlighted by this book are more than simply "Victorian" ones; to an important degree they remain with us. Consequently this work speaks not only to historians and to students of gender but also to criminologists and legal theorists
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- DLC
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- Wiener, Martin J
- Dewey number
- 364.15/23/094209034
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6535.G42
- LC item number
- E64 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Homicide
- Violence in men
- Women
- Wife abuse
- Sexism
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Label
- Men of blood : violence, manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England, Martin J. Wiener
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Contents
- Violence and law, gender and law. -- When men killed men. -- Sexual violence. -- Homicidal women and homicidal men: a growing contrast. -- Bad wives: drunkenness and other provocations. -- Bad wives II: adultery and the unwritten law. -- Establishing intention: probing the mind of a wife killer. -- Conclusion: The new "reasonable man" and twentieth-century Britain
- Control code
- 52090535
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521831987
- Lccn
- 2003048566
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Men of blood : violence, manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England, Martin J. Wiener
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Violence and law, gender and law. -- When men killed men. -- Sexual violence. -- Homicidal women and homicidal men: a growing contrast. -- Bad wives: drunkenness and other provocations. -- Bad wives II: adultery and the unwritten law. -- Establishing intention: probing the mind of a wife killer. -- Conclusion: The new "reasonable man" and twentieth-century Britain
- Control code
- 52090535
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521831987
- Lccn
- 2003048566
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 19th century
- History
- Homicide -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Sexism -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Violence in men -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Wife abuse -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Violence against -- England -- History -- 19th century
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