Artful Dodgers
Subtitle: Youth and Crime in Early Nineteenth-Century London (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780861932429
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; History: World; Europe - Great Britain - General; History - General History; Sources; London; Juvenile Delinquency; Criminology; Adolescents; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Children; Juvenile offenders; Social history; United Kingdom, Great Britain; c 1800 to c 1900; England; 19th century; History
Description: "The early nineteenth century witnessed an increasing concern about the incidence of juvenile crime. Youthful delinquency was not new, but it was not until then that the foundations were laid for a juvenile justice system which would serve, with amendments, for the next century and more. Separate trial, separate penal provision, and an emphasis on reform rather than punishment were all enshrined in the new legislation." "Heather Shore explores the processes and context of these legislative strategies, in which consideration of juvenile crime in London - with its close streets and alleys and conspicuous juxtaposition of poverty and wealth - played a major part, influencing elite perceptions of offending by children and young people." "At the heart of this study is a critical consideration of the lives of young offenders. Dr Shore examines the process of offending, from the initial foray into crime, through apprehension and passage through the judicial system, to punishment and experience of penal and reform measures: prison, houses of correction, transportation and colonial emigration."--Jacket.