Beverley author Dr Helen Johnston is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Hull and with her co-authors has released a book lifting the lid on life in the Victorian Underworld.
Her particular passion for and her expertise in this subject in particular that has lead her to write, along with her co-authors Professor Barry Godfrey and Dr David J. Cox, her latest book, Victorian Convicts.
Victorian Convicts, tells the stories of a hundred criminal men and women, giving the reader an insight into their families and social background, the conditions in which they lived, their relationships and working lives, and their offences.
The book reveals how these individuals were treated by the justice and penal system of 150 years ago, and how they were regarded by the wider world around them.
Such a rare and authentic insight into life in and out of prison will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in the history of crime and criminals, in legal and prison history and in British society in the nineteenth century.
Order Online – Victorian Convicts: 100 Criminal Lives
