sanitation, disease, and housing, which gave rise to new ones that linked to crime, prostitution, and poverty. Cities were seen as sites of moral corruption and violence, the haunts of criminals, drug addicts, prostitutes, homosexuals and dangerous immigrants that the upper classes feared. 6 Punishments or executions carried out in 19th century were held in public, they were a method of deterrence for the general public to commit crimes, understanding the shocking and hideous affairs of the executions…
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