Crime and Authority in Victorian England (eBook)

Tables. Graphs and Map. Abbreviations. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Crime and the Crime Figures 3. Thel Old and New Police 4. The System of Prosecution and the Prosecutors 5. The Offenders - Numbers, Trends and Characteristics 6. Property Offenders (1) - Larcenies 7. Property Offenders (2) - Receiving, Embezzlement, Fraud and Currency Offences 8. Violent Offenders 9. Conclusions. Appendices: I. Sources and Complication of the Committals Figures II. Legal Distinctions III. Population of the Black Country Towns and Parishes, 1831-61. Bibliography. Index.