Taking fifteen real-life criminal cases prosecuted at the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland between 1700 and 2000, this book explores developments in social attitudes and legal responses to violence. From the last execution for witchcraft to the first prosecution for marital rape, as well as cases of murder, poisoning and infanticide, Scottish History in 15 Violent Crimes examines aspects of masculinity, female agency, emancipation and tolerance.
Using these cases to explore how society has and does perceive different violent crimes, the role of gender, attitudes towards homosexuality, fear of 'the other' and attitudes to capital punishment, Heren compares Scottish examples to others in England and Europe to identify similarities and differences, and to contribute to ongoing debates about gender, crime and the law.
Charting the social and legal developments that emerged in response to violent crime, this book asks why people commit such crimes, who they and their victims were, and how far we have really progressed in our attitudes towards and treatment of violence.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Scottish exceptionalism
- 1 John Martine 1709: Incest, relations and the law
- 2 Janet Horne 1727: Widow, misogyny, marginality and witch
- 3 Barbara Malcolm 1808: Mother, ‘monster’ and murderer
- 4 Tron Rioters 1811–12: Protest, murder and class conflict
- 5 Burke and Hare 1828: Multiple murder, vulnerability and the law
- 6 Dobie and Thomson 1830: Misogyny, female agency and rape
- 7 Madeleine Smith 1857: Class, gender and sexual morality
- 8 Patrick Higgins 1895: Lodger, same-sex child abuse and syphilis
- 9 Oscar Slater 1909: Murderer, ‘other’ and justice
- 10 Susan Newell 1923: Murderess, evidence and insanity
- 11 Robert Handley 1926: Lover, murderer and culpability
- 12 Thomas Lutton 1928: Stepfather, rapist and the law
- 13 Peter Manuel 1958: ‘Serial killer’, mind and motive
- 14 Henry John Burnett 1963: Murderer, state execution and abolition
- 15 S. v. HM Advocate 1989: Marriage, rape and abuse
- 16 Conclusion
- Glossary
- Further and Extended Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
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