BOOK: David NASH and Anne-Marie KILDAY, Murder and Mayhem - Crime in Twentieth-Century Britain (London: Routledge, 2018). ISBN 9781137290434, €22.99

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ABOUT THE BOOK

This introductory book offers a coherent history of twentieth century crime and the law in Britain, with chapters on topics ranging from homicide to racial hate crime, from incest to anarchism, from gangs to the death penalty. Pulling together a wide range of literature, David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday reveal the evolution of attitudes towards criminality and the law over the course of the twentieth century. Highlighting important periods of change and development that have shaped the overall history of crime in Britain, the authors provide in-depth analysis and explanation of each theme.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ANNE-MARIE KILDAY is Principal Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She researches and publishes on the history of violent crime and the history of female criminality since the early modern period.

DAVID NASH is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He has published extensively in the areas of the history of blasphemy, blasphemous libel and religious crime for over fifteen years. He is also author of Cultures of Shame: Exploring Crime and Morality in Britain 1650-1900 with Anne-Marie Kilday, with whom he co-edited Histories of Crime: Britain 1600-2000.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: Britain in the Twentieth Century, David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday

Britain's Most 'Wanted': Homicide and Serial Murder since 1900, Anne-Marie Kilday

Serious Property Offending in the Twentieth Century, Lucy Williams and Barry Godfrey

Racial Hate Crime in Britain, David Nash.- Offences Against Children: Incest and Child Sexual Abuse, Kim Stevenson

Anarchism, Assassination and Terrorism in Modern Britain, Johannes Dillinger

‘Hope I Die Before I Get Too Old’: Social Rebellion and Social Diseases, Clifford Williamson

Organised Crime, Criminality and the ‘Gangster', Heather Shore

Punishment: The Death Penalty and Incarceration, Helen Johnston

Law Enforcement: Policies and Perspectives, Neil Davie

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