Crime and Punishment in Victorian London: A Street-Level View of the City's Underworld by Ross Gilfillan

Crime and Punishment in Victorian London: A Street-Level View of the City's Underworld

Ross Gilfillan

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark medium-paced
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'Crime loomed large in the minds of Victorian Londoners. All over the city, watches, purses and handkerchiefs disappear from pockets; goods migrate from warehouses, off docks and out of shop windows. Burglaries are rife, shoplifting is carried on ...

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