| White-Collar Crime in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Britain Contributor(s): Benson, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138319015 ISBN-13: 9781138319011 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Historical - History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 364.168 |
| LCCN: 2019033021 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (0.79 lbs) 142 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book throws new light on white-collar crime, criminals and criminality in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. It does so by considering the life of one man, Jesse Varley (1869-1929), who embezzled more than 80,000 from Wolverhampton Corporation, and for a decade and more enjoyed an ostentatiously extravagant lifestyle. He was discovered, and despite serving a period of penal servitude, he turned again to white-collar crime (this time in Sheffield). Sentenced again to penal servitude, he died a few years later in Liverpool in what were said to be 'very poor circumstances'. |