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Author:   Louise Heren (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781350437210

ISBN 10:   1350437212
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction: People, Society and Scots law since 1700 1. John Martin, 1709: Incest and the Law 2. Janet Horne, 1727: Widows and Witchcraft 3. Barbara Malcolm, 1808: Mothers and Infanticide 4. Tron Rioters, 1811: Riots, Murder and Class Conflict 5. Burke and Hare, 1828: Serial murder, Medicine and the Law 6. Margaret Paterson, 1830: Victim, Accuser and Cadaver 7. Madeleine Smith, 1857: Poison, Gender and Morality 8. Patrick Higgins, 1895: Sexual abuse and Disease 9. Oscar Slater, 1919: Murder and 'The Other' 10. Susan Newell, 1923: Murder, Gender and Insanity 11. Robert Handley, 1926: Capital Punishment and Insanity 12 Thomas Lutton, 1928: Incest and Illegitimacy 13 Peter Manuel, 1958: Serial Killer, Mind and Motive 14 Henry John Burnett, 1963: Adultery and Execution 15 Johnson Davis Stallard, 1989: Marital Rape and the Law Conclusion Research Questions & Further Debate Bibliography Index

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A compelling and fascinating compendium of case studies of interpersonal violence, some notorious, others less-known, but all equally disturbing. Presented chronologically it challenges presumptions that society always progresses. The systematic analysis delivers a master-class on how to effectively synthesize and de-sensationalize real-life narratives within their sociolegal, political and historical context. * Kim Stevenson, Professor of Sociolegal History, University of Plymouth, UK *

Author Information

Louise Heren is Research Affiliate in the Department of Criminal History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is a specialist in early twentieth-century Scottish social and criminal history, and is the author of Sex and Violence in 1920s Scotland (Bloomsbury, 2023).

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