Ebook: Crime and Justice 1750-1950
Author: Godfrey Barry, Lawrence Paul
- Tags: Crime -- Great Britain -- History., Police -- Great Britain -- History., Criminal justice Administration of -- Great Britain -- History., Crime., Criminal justice Administration of., Police., Great Britain.
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- City: Great Britain
- Language: English
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This book provides an introductory text for students taking courses in recent criminal justice history. Chapters cover the key issues central to an understanding of the historical background to the current criminal justice system, covering the crime of murder, the emergence, establishment and development of the police, crime and criminals, criminals and victims, the courts and punishment, women and children, and Read more...
Abstract: This book provides an introductory text for students taking courses in recent criminal justice history. Chapters cover the key issues central to an understanding of the historical background to the current criminal justice system, covering the crime of murder, the emergence, establishment and development of the police, crime and criminals, criminals and victims, the courts and punishment, women and children, and surveillance and the workplace. In addressing each of these issues and developments the authors explore a range of historiographical and criminological debates that have arisen