Nether World : Crime and the Police Courts in Victorian London, Hardback Book

Nether World : Crime and the Police Courts in Victorian London Hardback

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A new account of urban Victorian life told through the dubious day-to-day of London's police courts. Nether World presents a rich, often humorous glimpse into everyday life in Victorian London through a revealing account of nineteenth-century police courts.

People of all classes brought complaints to this court about those who had hurt, abused, or stolen from them — drunks, pickpockets, wife-beaters, and fraudsters — who were each in their turn judged by magistrates wielding broad summary powers.

Delving into underexamined court records and the pages of a fast-developing newspaper industry, Drew D.

Gray offers a fresh description of a vibrant, ever-changing metropolis and considers ongoing issues such as poverty, homelessness, violence, substance abuse, prostitution and — of course — crime.

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