Fiendish crimes and punishing times
By: John Townsend
Series: A painful history of childhood; Painful history of childhood
Publisher: Raintree; Raintree Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781406200799; 9781406200867
Subjects: Crime; Juvenile literature; History; Punishment
Description: This book takes a look at life for children and young people, from ancient civilisations right up to modern times, focussing on crime and punishment. Includes unusual and interesting stories, from different cultures and different times in history. Readers will learn how difficult life was for some young people, and how much things have changed!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 44) and index.
Table of contents: title: Young crime; title: 1700s: trouble grows; title: 1800s: tackling the problem; title: Rising street crime; title: 1900s: fighting back; title: Recent times, recent crimes.