La criminalité à Londres au xixe siècle : le cas des cambriolages chez les particuliers

During the 19th century, many Londoners had the impression of living in a dangerous city, under the constant threat of vicious and skilful criminals. The many articles published in the police press, as well as in more serious newspapers, reinforced their fear. However, official statistics tend to sh...

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Main Author: Tri Tran
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Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2005-12-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/14082
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description During the 19th century, many Londoners had the impression of living in a dangerous city, under the constant threat of vicious and skilful criminals. The many articles published in the police press, as well as in more serious newspapers, reinforced their fear. However, official statistics tend to show that this impression was not grounded and that crime was contained by the police and the courts after the early 1840s, although the population of London was expanding. Using unpublished archives e.g. Parliamentary Papers, Home Office records, and Sessions’ Papers of the Central Criminal Court, this contribution attempts to assess the extent of robberies, the character of the criminals and their treatment by the judicial system.
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La criminalité à Londres au xixe siècle : le cas des cambriolages chez les particuliers
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title La criminalité à Londres au xixe siècle : le cas des cambriolages chez les particuliers
title_full La criminalité à Londres au xixe siècle : le cas des cambriolages chez les particuliers
title_fullStr La criminalité à Londres au xixe siècle : le cas des cambriolages chez les particuliers
title_full_unstemmed La criminalité à Londres au xixe siècle : le cas des cambriolages chez les particuliers
title_short La criminalité à Londres au xixe siècle : le cas des cambriolages chez les particuliers
title_sort la criminalite a londres au xixe siecle le cas des cambriolages chez les particuliers
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