Cultures of Shame: Exploring Crime and Morality in Britain 1600-1900

This monograph traces the use, abuse and negotiation of the concept of shame from 1600-1900. The book shows good and bad behavior, morality and perceptions of crime in British society at large, and identifies the changing interaction between popular and official notions of shame. Each of the chapters is a single episode in the ongoing history of shame, framed by a discussion of the historiography and theory of shame and their implications for the history of crime and social relations. The w...