Emsley, Clive.

Crime, police, and penal policy : European experiences 1750-1940 / Crime, police, & penal policy Clive Emsley. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - x, 285 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Laws and punishments -- The understanding and nature of crime -- Coping with crime -- The new French system -- Crime and police in revolution and war -- Measuring a problem -- Danger in the city : danger in the countryside -- Protection, punishment, and reformation -- 'Scientific' criminology -- New professionals : old problems -- Penal policies and the impact of war -- Policing and punishing after the war -- National paths : common patterns.

9780199202850 (alk. paper) 0199202850 (alk. paper)

2007010415

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013715296 Uk


Criminal justice, Administration of--History.--Europe
Punishment--History.--Europe
Crime--Government policy--History.--Europe

HV9960.E85 / E57 2007

364.9409/03