LEADER 03786nam 22007815 450 001 9910747591303321 005 20251008131405.0 010 $z9783031272714 010 $a9783031272721$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a3031272722$b(electronic bk.) 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-27272-1 035 $a(OCoLC)1402200355 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30780673 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30780673 035 $a(CKB)28483604100041 035 $a(OCoLC)1405946645 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-27272-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928483604100041 100 $a20231009d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAcid Attacks in Britain, 1760?1975 /$fby Katherine D. Watson 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (143 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aWorld Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence,$x2730-9649 311 08$aPrint version: Watson, Katherine D. Acid Attacks in Britain, 1760-1975 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031272714 320 $aIncludes bibliographcial references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Facts and Figures -- 3. Motives and Contexts -- 4. Law and Justice -- 5. Conclusion. 330 $aThis Palgrave Pivot examines the history of the largely urban offence once known as vitriol throwing because the substance most commonly used was strong sulphuric acid, oil of vitriol. A relatively rare form of assault, it was motivated largely by revenge or jealousy and, because it was specifically designed to blind and mutilate, commonly targeted the victim?s face. The incidence of what was thus widely acknowledged to be an exceptionally cruel crime plateaued in the period 1850?1930 amid a sometimes surprisingly lenient legal response, before declining as a result of post-war social changes. In examining the factors that influenced both the crime and its punishment, the book makes an important contribution to criminal justice history by illuminating the role of gender, law and emotion from the perspective of both victim and perpetrator. Katherine D. Watson is Reader in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Her research interests focus ontopics where medicine, crime and the law intersect, particularly in Britain since the seventeenth century. She is the author of Medicine and Justice: Medico-Legal Practice in England and Wales, 1700?1914 (2020). . 410 0$aWorld Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence,$x2730-9649 606 $aLaw$xHistory 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aSocial history 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x1492- 606 $aCrime$xSociological aspects 606 $aLegal History 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aSocial History 606 $aHistory of Modern Europe 606 $aCrime and Society 615 0$aLaw$xHistory. 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x1492-. 615 0$aCrime$xSociological aspects. 615 14$aLegal History. 615 24$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aSocial History. 615 24$aHistory of Modern Europe. 615 24$aCrime and Society. 676 $a364.1555 700 $aWatson$b Katherine$g(Katherine Denise),$01109860 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bGW5XE 801 2$bEBLCP 801 2$bGZM 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bOCLCO 912 $a9910747591303321 996 $aAcid Attacks in Britain, 1760?1975$94451454 997 $aUNINA