On the offences against the Person Act, 1828
| dc.contributor.author | Surridge, Lisa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-07T16:27:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-07T16:27:55Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The early nineteenth century saw a new valuing of self-restraint and heightened social anxiety about interpersonal violence and unruly behaviour. The 1828 Offenses Against the Person Act streamlined penalties for assault, battery, rape, infanticide, attempted murder, manslaughter, and murder. It also granted to magistrates summary powers over common assaults, making prosecution of such offenses quicker and more accessible to the poor. Part of Sir Robert Peel’s larger program of legal reform, it heralded a new focus on social regulation, public order, and manliness as self-discipline. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Surridge, L. (2013). On the offences against the Person Act, 1828. BRANCH: Britain, Representations, and Nineteenth-Century History. https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=lisa-surridge-on-the-offenses-against-theperson- act-1828 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=lisa-surridge-on-the-offenses-against-theperson- act-1828 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/15676 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | BRANCH: Britain, Representations, and Nineteenth-Century History | en_US |
| dc.title | On the offences against the Person Act, 1828 | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |