The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime, Judith Flanders

This book was awesome. It covers all the different waves of crime in Victorian England, how they were covered by the media then, how they were popularized, how different types of crimes and criminals were seen (and glorified or turned into boogey men), and the impact on laws and the legal system. It's incredibly interesting, and the footnotes are hilarious. If the title makes this topic sound even vaguely interesting, you should pick this up. Loved it.

Grade: A
#62 in 2016