Emma D. Watkins

Life Courses of Young Convicts Transported to Van Diemen's Land

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Drawing on digital criminal records, this book traces the life courses of young convicts who were sentenced at the Old Bailey and transported to Van Diemen's Land in the early 19th century. It explores the everyday lives of the convicts pre- and post-transportation, focusing on their crimes, punishments, education, employment and family life right up to their deaths. Emma D. Watkins contextualizes these young convicts within the punishment system, economy and culture that they were thrust into by their forced movement to Australia. This allows an understanding of the factors which determined their chances of achieving a 'settled life' away fr… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-350-08128-4
EAN: 9781350081284
Produktnummer: 33242462
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 764 KB
Abbildungen: 3 bw illus

Über den Autor

Emma D. Watkins is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Roehampton, but completed her PhD, on which this book is based, at the University of Liverpool with the Digital Panopticon.