Men of blood [electronic resource] : violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England / Martin J. Wiener.

By: Wiener, Martin JContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: xvi, 296 pSubject(s): Homicide -- England -- History -- 19th century | Violence in men -- England -- History -- 19th century | Women -- Violence against -- England -- History -- 19th century | Wife abuse -- England -- History -- 19th century | Sexism -- England -- History -- 19th century | Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.15/23/094209034 LOC classification: HV6535.G42 | E64 2004Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
1. Violence and Law, Gender and Law -- 2. When Men Killed Men -- 3. Sexual Violence -- 4. Homicidal Women and Homicidal Men: A Growing Contrast -- 5. Bad Wives: Drunkenness and Other Provocations -- 6. Bad Wives II: Adultery and the Unwritten Law -- 7. Establishing Intention: Probing the Mind of a Wife Killer -- Conclusion: The New "Reasonable Man" and Twentieth-Century Britain.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Violence and Law, Gender and Law -- 2. When Men Killed Men -- 3. Sexual Violence -- 4. Homicidal Women and Homicidal Men: A Growing Contrast -- 5. Bad Wives: Drunkenness and Other Provocations -- 6. Bad Wives II: Adultery and the Unwritten Law -- 7. Establishing Intention: Probing the Mind of a Wife Killer -- Conclusion: The New "Reasonable Man" and Twentieth-Century Britain.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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