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Wiener, Martin J.

Men of blood violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England / [electronic resource] : Martin J. Wiener. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - xvi, 296 p.

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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2006.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Homicide--History--England--19th century.
Violence in men--History--England--19th century.
Women--Violence against--History--England--19th century.
Wife abuse--History--England--19th century.
Sexism--History--England--19th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of--History--England--19th century.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV6535.G42 / E64 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 364.15/23/094209034