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Victims as Prosecutors: England 1800–1835

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  • Kathrine M. Reynolds

    (Arts and Social Sciences, Department of History, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia)

  • Carol Liston

    (Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751, Australia)

Abstract

This paper examines the role of the victim through the prism of prosecutor in the first third of the nineteenth century when England did not have a public prosecutor or national police force and most crimes were prosecuted in the courts by the victim. The selection of cases is drawn from a larger investigation of female offenders punished by transportation to New South Wales, Australia. The cases demonstrate the diversity of victims, the power they held as prosecutors and highlight the process from apprehension to conviction. Historical records of regional English Assizes and Sessions were investigated to identify the victim and record the prosecution process.

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  • Kathrine M. Reynolds & Carol Liston, 2019. "Victims as Prosecutors: England 1800–1835," Societies, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-16, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:9:y:2019:i:2:p:31-:d:225473
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