Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- ch. 2 The New Poor Law -- ch. 3 Reforms and Protests -- ch. 4 Crime and the Economy of Makeshifts, 1830--85 -- ch. 5 Prostitution and the Economy of Makeshifts -- ch. 6 Crime, Poverty and Controlling the Criminal Underclass -- ch. 7 Conclusions.
Summary:
It has long been suggested that poverty was responsible for a criminal underclass emerging in Britain during the 19th century. Until quite recently, historians did little to challenge this perception. Using innovative quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques, this book looks in detail at some of the causal factors that motivated the poorer classes to commit crime, or act in ways that transgressed acceptable standards of behaviour.
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