Law, Order, and the Gallows: Crime in an Age of Revolution

Name: Law, Order, and the Gallows: Crime in an Age of Revolution
Start: 2025-01-13T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-13T18:30:00+00:00
Location: Wrexham University

Mon Jan 13 2025 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm UTC+00:00

Wrexham University | Wrexham

Publisher/HostCriminology and Policing Team

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Law, Order, and the Gallows: Crime in an Age of Revolution

Join us as we discuss the rise of modern legal systems during the Enlightenment and the early Industrial Revolution.
About this Event

Join us as we discuss the rise of modern legal systems during the Enlightenment and the early Industrial Revolution. We will explore witch hunts in Europe and America, the rise of the Pr*son system and concept of rehabilitation, the development of police forces and capital punishment and public executions.

16+ ONLY

Room: B07 - please report to reception upon arrival