Project Gutenberg 2011-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 162 Mandeville, Bernard 1670 1733 De Mandeville, Bernard Mandeville, B. (Bernard) Zirker, Malvin R. 64064740 An Enquiry into the Causes of the Frequent Executions at Tyburn (1725) Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "An Enquiry into the Causes of the Frequent Executions at Tyburn" by Bernard Mandeville is a critical pamphlet written in the early 18th century. It explores the social and legal implications surrounding the high rate of executions in London, particularly at Tyburn, questioning the effectiveness of these harsh penalties as a deterrent to crime. The work critiques not only the execution process itself but also the societal attitudes towards criminals and the flawed legal practices that facilitate crime and punishment. At the start of the treatise, Mandeville expresses his concern about the high number of executions due to theft and lesser crimes, lamenting that many condemned individuals face death for trivial offenses. He attributes this to systemic issues, such as "Theftbote," the practice of not prosecuting thieves, which he argues encourages criminal behavior. The opening introduces vivid scenes associated with execution day, detailing the infamous procession to Tyburn and the behavior of both the condemned and the spectators, indicating a shared societal indifference to the suffering of criminals. Mandeville's initial chapters establish a robust framework for discussions on potential reforms to criminal justice practices, aiming to provoke thought and action on an issue that affects society at large. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Crime -- Great Britain Punishment Executions and executioners -- Great Britain Criminals -- Great Britain Tyburn gallows (London, England) HV Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - British Browsing: Sociology 148706 148403 2024-09-16T04:15:45.447056 2023-09-16T10:46:34.439614 text/html text/html 146284 2021-01-08T05:36:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1398079 2021-01-08T05:36:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1061624 2024-09-16T04:16:02.225963 application/epub+zip 1062460 2024-09-16T04:15:53.410021 application/epub+zip 128007 2024-09-16T04:15:47.162074 application/epub+zip 1123186 2024-09-16T04:16:05.071952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1102136 2024-09-16T04:15:56.261012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153248 2022-09-17T08:53:44.171839 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123755 123655 2024-09-16T04:15:44.846129 2023-09-16T10:46:34.012618 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 123654 2021-01-08T05:36:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 49302 2021-01-08T05:36:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 123647 2021-01-08T05:36:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49278 2021-01-08T05:36:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21642 2024-09-16T04:16:05.220922 application/rdf+xml 23951 2024-09-16T04:15:47.530018 image/jpeg 4470 2024-09-16T04:15:47.346048 image/jpeg 1474017 2024-09-16T04:15:45.487050 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia