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Title
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Murder, Intrigue and Obsession: Criminonology in Victorian England.
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Abstract/Description
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Elizabeth Sconyers examines the origins of the modern detective story in the pseudo-science of eugenics and popular culture of the British Victorian Era. She discusses the moral standards of the era, the evoltuion of eugenics from Francis Galton's fascination with statistics, and the popularity of and protests against penny dreadfuls.
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Date Issued
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2016-04-15
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Identifier
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20160415_SRC_12_Sconyers_Victorian_Criminology, fscj:64521
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Format
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Video file
