Crime and Punishment in England : An Introductory History / by John Briggs, Christopher Harrison, Angus McInnes, David Vincent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briggs, John., Author.

Harrison, Christopher., Author.

McInnes, Angus., Author.

Vincent, David., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain-History.

History of Britain and Ireland.

Local Subjects:

History of Britain and Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 276 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 1996.

Summary:

This survey of crime in ENgland from the medieval period to the present day synthesizes case-study and local-level material and standardizes the debates and issues for the student reader.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

1 The medieval origins of the English criminal justice system

Part I: The early modern period

2 Crime and the courts in early modern England

3 Church courts and manor courts

4 The machinery of law enforcement

5 Imposing the law

6 Punishment

7 Socio-political crime

Part II: Crime, police and punishment in England after the Industrial Revolution, 1800-75

8 The ordering of society

9 The changing nature of crime in the nineteenth century

10 The policing of society

11 Patterns of punishment

Part III: The making of the modern criminal, 1875-1960

12 Patterns of crime

13 Bad behaviour

14 Professional law

15 Ordering punishment

16 Epilogue

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-137-08178-3

OCLC:

1084351975