Beschreibung:
This book is a comparative quantitative analysis of the administration of justice across four English and three Welsh counties between 1760 and 1830. Drawing on a dataset of over 22,000 indictments, the book explores the similarities and differences between how the so-called Bloody Code was administered between, on the one hand, England and Wales, and, on the other, individual English and Welsh counties.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part One: England.- Chapter 2: The Criminal justice process in Georgian England.- Chapter 3: 'The lottery of justice': The Bloody Code in England, 1760-1830.- Part Two: Wales.- Chapter 4: Crime and Justice in the Courts of Great Sessions: The Brecon Circuit 1760-1830.- Chapter 5: A land of White Gloves? Life and death in Georgian Wales.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.- Index.