Citation

Casey CA. J. Interdiscip. Hist. 2010; 41(3): 367-391.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21141651

Abstract

After a string of successes in the early nineteenth century, the Victorian movement to reform criminal punishment began to falter. Despite evidence to the contrary, the populace grew convinced that violent crime was on the rise. A frequency analysis of The Times and The Manchester Guardian suggests that this misperception was due to a drastic increase in crime coverage by the periodicals of the day.

Language: en