Format:
1 Online-Ressource (143 Seiten)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9783031272721
Series Statement:
World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence Series
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Acid Throwing in History and Historiography -- Laws Against Acid Throwing -- Aims, Methods and Sources -- Structure and Argument -- Chapter 2: Facts and Figures -- Incidence and Location -- Corrosive Fluids: Effects and Impact -- Acid Throwers and Their Victims -- Chapter 3: Motives and Contexts -- The Origins of Acid Throwing -- Motives for Acid Throwing -- Anger, Shame and Despair -- Case Study: Frederick John Byott, 1971 -- Continuity and Change in Motives for Acid Throwing -- Chapter 4: Law and Justice -- Trial Outcomes and Sentencing -- Case Study: Ellen Bevan, 1885 -- Provocation as a Mitigatory Defence -- Medicalised Responses to Acid Throwers -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Manuscript Sources -- National Records of Scotland -- The National Archives, Kew -- The Signet Library, Edinburgh -- Online Printed Primary Sources -- Printed Works -- Newspapers, Journals and Periodicals -- Secondary Sources -- Online Publications -- Websites -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Watson, Katherine D. Acid Attacks in Britain, 1760-1975 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 ISBN 9783031272714
Language:
English
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Angriff
;
Strafjustiz
;
Säure
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Geschichte 1760-1975
