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Author

Wiener, Martin J.

Title Men of blood [electronic resource] : violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England / Martin J. Wiener.

Imprint

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xvi, 296 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	1. Violence and Law, Gender and Law -- 2. When Men Killed Men -- 3. Sexual Violence -- 4. Homicidal Women and Homicidal Men: A Growing Contrast -- 5. Bad Wives: Drunkenness and Other Provocations -- 6. Bad Wives II: Adultery and the Unwritten Law -- 7. Establishing Intention: Probing the Mind of a Wife Killer -- Conclusion: The New "Reasonable Man" and Twentieth-Century Britain.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Homicide -- England -- History -- 19th century.
	Violence in men -- England -- History -- 19th century.
	Women -- Violence against -- England -- History -- 19th century.
	Wife abuse -- England -- History -- 19th century.
	Sexism -- England -- History -- 19th century.
	Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0511164394
	0521831989