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Jack l'éventreur : l'exception ou la règle ?

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[fre] Résumé : L'étude des archives de la police londonienne pour les années 1885-1890 nous permet d'appréhender une criminalité homicide bien différente des idées reçues. En effet, le meurtre est avant tout «domestique», criminel et victime étant la plupart du temps des proches; beaucoup appartiennent à la frange inférieure des classes moyennes, plutôt qu'aux classes laborieuses. Enfin, les mobiles essentiellement d'ordre privé et, la plupart du temps, passionnels, nous conduisent à diminuer l'importance des facteurs économiques et sociaux dans ce domaine particulier de la délinquance. [eng] Abstract : The study of the archives of the Metropolitan Police for the six years 1885-1890 leads to new ideas on homicidal criminality. Actually, in most cases a crime is a «home» affair, criminal and victim being close to each other; most of them belong to the lower middle class rather than to the working class. Motivations are essentially of private and personnal relevance, and this reduces the importance of social and economic conditions in this kind of deliquency.

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  • P. Chassaigne, 1989. "Jack l'éventreur : l'exception ou la règle ?," Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 8(4), pages 563-567.
    • Handle: RePEc:prs:hiseco:hes_0752-5702_1989_num_8_4_2373
    DOI: 10.3406/hes.1989.2373
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