Comparative histories of crime
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
This book aims to both reflect and take forward current thinking on comparative and cross-national and cross-cultural aspects of the history of crime. Its content is wide-ranging: some chapters discuss the value of comparative approaches in aiding understanding of comparative history, and providing research directions for the future; others address substantive issues and topics that will be of interest to those with interests in both history and criminology. Overall the book aims to broaden the focus of the historical context of crime and policing to take fuller account of cross-national and c
כותר |
Comparative histories of crime / edited by Barry S. Godfrey, Clive Emsley, Graeme Dunstall. |
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מוציא לאור |
Cullompton, Devon, U.K. Portland, Or. : Willan Pub. |
שנה |
2003 |
הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Cover Comparative Histories of Crime Copyright Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Notes on the editors and contributors Chapter 1 Introduction: do you have plane-spotters in New Zealand? Issues in comparative crime history at the turn of modernity Chapter 2 It's a small world after all? Reflections on violence in comparative perspectives Chapter 3 Moral panics and violent street crime 1750-2000: a comparative perspective Chapter 4 'The great murder mystery' or explaining declining homicide rates Chapter 5 Strangers, mobilisation and the production of weak ties: railway traffic and violence in nineteenth-century South-West GermanyChapter 6 'Inventing' the juvenile delinquent in nineteenth-century Europe Chapter 7 'Scoundrels and scallywags, and some honest men ...' Memoirs and the self-image of French and English policemen, c.1870-1939 Chapter 8 Policing the seaside holiday: Blackpool and San Sebastián, from the 1870s to the 1930s Chapter 9 'The greatest efficiency': British and American military law, 1866-1918 Chapter 10 The decline and renaissance of shame in modern penal systems Chapter 11 Practical and philosophical dilemmas in cross-cultural research: the future of comparative crime history?Index |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (237 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997010717012005171 |
תצוגת MARC
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