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Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany / edited by Richard F. Wetzell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wetzell, Richard F., Editor.
- Series:
- Studies in German history ; v. 16.
- Studies in German history ; volume 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Germany--History.
- Crime--Germany--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Berghahn Books 2014
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The history of criminal justice in modern Germany has become a vibrant field of research, as demonstrated in this volume. Following an introductory survey, the twelve chapters examine major topics in the history of crime and criminal justice from Imperial Germany, through the Weimar and Nazi eras, to the early postwar years, including case studies of criminal trials, the development of juvenile justice, and the efforts to reform the penal code, criminal procedure, and the prison system. The collection also reveals that the history of criminal justice has much to contribute to other areas of
- Contents:
- part I. Criminal justice in imperial Germany
- part II. Penal reform in the Weimar Republic
- part III. Constructions of crime in the Weimar courts, media, and literature
- part IV. Criminal justice in Nazi and postwar Germany.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781785336577
- 1785336576
- 9781782382478
- 178238247X
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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