LEADER 04136oam 2200577 450 001 9910747591303321 005 20231124174128.0 010 $a9783031272721$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a3031272722$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031272714 035 $a(OCoLC)1402200355 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30780673 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30780673 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928483604100041 100 $a20231012d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAcid attacks in Britain, 1760-1975 /$fKatherine D. Watson 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing AG,$d2023. 210 4$d©2023. 215 $a1 online resource (143 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aWorld Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence Series 311 08$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 $aIntro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Acid Throwing in History and Historiography -- Laws Against Acid Throwing -- Aims, Methods and Sources -- Structure and Argument -- Chapter 2: Facts and Figures -- Incidence and Location -- Corrosive Fluids: Effects and Impact -- Acid Throwers and Their Victims -- Chapter 3: Motives and Contexts -- The Origins of Acid Throwing -- Motives for Acid Throwing -- Anger, Shame and Despair -- Case Study: Frederick John Byott, 1971 -- Continuity and Change in Motives for Acid Throwing -- Chapter 4: Law and Justice -- Trial Outcomes and Sentencing -- Case Study: Ellen Bevan, 1885 -- Provocation as a Mitigatory Defence -- Medicalised Responses to Acid Throwers -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Manuscript Sources -- National Records of Scotland -- The National Archives, Kew -- The Signet Library, Edinburgh -- Online Printed Primary Sources -- Printed Works -- Newspapers, Journals and Periodicals -- Secondary Sources -- Online Publications -- Websites -- Index. 330 $aThis Palgrave Pivot examines the history of the largely urban offence once known as vitriol throwing because the substance most commonly used was strong sulphuric acid, oil of vitriol. A relatively rare form of assault, it was motivated largely by revenge or jealousy and, because it was specifically designed to blind and mutilate, commonly targeted the victims face. The incidence of what was thus widely acknowledged to be an exceptionally cruel crime plateaued in the period 18501930 amid a sometimes surprisingly lenient legal response, before declining as a result of post-war social changes. In examining the factors that influenced both the crime and its punishment, the book makes an important contribution to criminal justice history by illuminating the role of gender, law and emotion from the perspective of both victim and perpetrator. Katherine D. Watson is Reader in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Her research interests focus on topics where medicine, crime and the law intersect, particularly in Britain since the seventeenth century. She is the author of Medicine and Justice: Medico-Legal Practice in England and Wales, 17001914 (2020). 410 0$aWorld histories of crime, culture and violence. 606 $aAssault and battery$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aCrimes of passion$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aAcids 615 0$aAssault and battery$xHistory. 615 0$aCrimes of passion$xHistory. 615 0$aAcids. 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$93599923 997 $aUNINA