A Prescription for Murder
The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
by Angus McLaren
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From 1877 to 1892, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered seven women, all prostitutes or patients seeking abortions, in England and North America. A Prescription for Murder begins with Angus McLaren's vividly detailed story of the killings. Using press reports and police dossiers, McLaren investigates the links between crime and respectability to reveal a remarkable range of Victorian sexual tensions and fears. McLaren explores how the roles of murderer and victim were created, and how similar tensions might contribute to the onslaught of serial killing in today's society.
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A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
June 1, 1995, University Of Chicago Press
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Prescription for murder: Victorian serial killings of Dr.Thomas Neill Cream
1995, University of Chicago Press
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A prescription for murder: the Victorian serial killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream
1993, University of Chicago Press
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"The mention of nineteenth-century, working-class London immediately conjures up the images of the bustling streets and crowded rookeries of the eastern parishes-Stepney, Shoreditch, and Whitechapel."
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