Acid attacks in Britain, 1760-1975 / / Katherine D. Watson

• Autore: Watson Katherine (Katherine Denise)
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 364.1555
• Soggetto topico: Assault and battery - Great Britain - History; Crimes of passion - Great Britain - History; Acids
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographcial references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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).
• Titolo autorizzato: Acid attacks in Britain, 1760-1975
• ISBN: 9783031272721; 3031272722; 9783031272714
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910747591303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World histories of crime, culture and violence.