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"An examination of the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. During Victoria's reign the criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily, while propagating a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet this apparently progressive legal development called forth strong resistance."@en
"This Book Examines far more thoroughly than ever before the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. During Victoria's reign the criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily, while propagating a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet this apparently progressive legal development called forth strong resistance, not only from violent men themselves but from others who drew upon discourses of democracy, humanitarianism, and patriarchy to establish sympathy with "men of blood." In exploring this development and the contest it generated, Professor Wiener, author of several important works in British history, analyzes the cultural logic underlying shifting practices in nineteenth-century courts and Whitehall and locates competing cultural discourses in the everyday life of criminal justice. The tensions and dilemmas highlighted by this book are more than simply "Victorian" ones; to an important degree they remain with us. Consequently this work speaks not only to historians and to students of gender but also to criminologists and legal theorists."
"This book examines far more thoroughly than ever before the treatment of serious violence by men against women in 19th-century England. During Victoria's reign the criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily, while propagating a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet this apparently progressive legal development called forth strong resistance, not only from violent men themselves but from others who drew upon discourses of democracy, humanitarianism and patriarchy to establish sympathy with "men of blood." In exploring this development and the contest it generated, Wiener analyzes the cultural logic underlying shifting practices in 19th-century courts and Whitehall and locates competing cultural discourses in the everyday life of criminal justice. The tensions and dilemmas highlighted by this book are more than simply "Victorian" ones; to an important degree they remain with us. Consequently this work speaks not only to historians and to students of gender but also to criminologists and legal theorists.--Back cover."
"Martin Wiener examines the treatment of serious violence by men against women in the 19th century England, as criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily while propagating a new, more pacific idea of manliness. He also explores the resistance to this progressive legal development."
"Martin Wiener examines the treatment of serious violence by men against women in the 19th century England, as criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily while propagating a new, more pacific idea of manliness. He also explores the resistance to this progressive legal development."@en

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"Men of blood : violence, manliness, and criminal justice in Victorian England"
"Men of blood violence, manliness and criminal justice in victorian england"@en
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"Men of blood : violence, manlines anc criminal justice in Victorian England"
"Men of blood violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England"
"Men of blood violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England"@en
"Men of blood : violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England"

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