Men of Blood: Murder in Everyday Life: Murder in Modern England - Softcover
In his book, Elliott Leyton tries to unravel the paradox of how a race so obsessed with murder as the British, has such a low incidence of violent crime in relation to the rest of the western world. By drawing on factual sources from the twelfth century to the present day, he produces a fascinating account of murder in this country, by way of its history and of its sociology.
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Despite the public perception that violent crime including murder is on the increase and the British obsession with murder, its rate in this country is low and has always been. What is it in British mass culture that produces both the obsession and the figures? Each chapter attempts to put into context the form of social relationship between killer and victim and give the annual and historical frequency of such crimes. The book uses cases drawn from court records, police interrogations, psychiatric interview and press reports, starting from records from 12th-century England going to the present day.
About the Author:
Dr Elliott Leyton studied at the universities of British Columbia and Toronto, and is currently Professor of Anthropology at Memorial University, Canada. His other books include Hunting Humans (Penguin, 1989) and Sole Survivor (Penguin, 1991).
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0140171479
- ISBN 13 9780140171471
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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