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A Companion to the History of Crime and Criminal Justice
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ISBN-13: | 9781447325895 |
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Publisher: | Policy Press |
Publication date: | 06/21/2017 |
Series: | Companions in Criminology and Criminal Justice |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 330 |
File size: | 433 KB |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Contributors vi
Acknowledgements xviii
Preface xix
A
Advocacy in Criminal Trials 1
Assizes 3
Australia, Crime, Law and Punishment 5
B
Benefit of Clergy 9
Bigamy 11
Blasphemy 13
'Bloody Code', The 15
Borstals 16
Bow Street Runners, The 18
Breach of the Peace 20
British Empire, The 22
Broadsides 24
Burke and Hare 26
C
Capital Punishment (England and Wales) 29
Capital Punishment (Ireland) 31
Capital Punishment (United States) 32
Chain Gangs 35
Coercive Confinement 37
Contagious Diseases Acts, The 39
Convict Prisons 41
Corporal Punishment 43
Crime Fiction 46
Crime Heritage 48
Crime Pamphlets 49
Criminal Class, The 52
Criminal Corpse, The 54
Criminal Lunatics 55
Criminal Statistics 58
Criminology 60
D
Desistance 63
Deviant Women 65
Digital History 67
Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societies 69
Drunken Women 71
Duelling 73
E
English Detectives 77
F
Far Right, The 81
Female Murderers 83
Female Thieves 85
Financial Crime 87
First-wave Feminism 89
Fortune-telling 92
G
Garrotting Panics, The 95
Gladstone Report, The 97
H
Highland Clearances, The 99
I
Imperialism 103
Indentured Labour 105
Industrial Schools 107
Inebriate Institutions 109
Informal Justice 111
J
Juries 115
Juvenile Crime and Justice in Scotland 117
Juvenile Crime in Britain 119
L
Legal Representation 123
Lethal Violence (Scotland) 125
Licensing 127
Life-course Analysis 129
Local Prisons 131
Lynching 132
M
Macmillan and Wolfenden Committees, The 135
Magistrates 137
Marital Violence 139
Mark System, The 141
Medical Testimony in the Judicial Sphere 143
Mercy 145
N
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 149
'New' Police, The 152
Newspapers and Crime 153
Nightwatchmen 156
O
Organised Crime 159
Organised Crime (United States) 161
P
Parish Constables 165
Parricide 167
Patrick Colquhoun 169
Penal Reform Pressure Croups 171
Penal Servitude 173
Petty Sessions 175
Philanthropic Institutions 177
Pickpocketing 179
Pleading the Belly 181
Police Court Missionaries 183
Policing 18th- and 19th-century Scotland 185
Policing (20th century) 187
Prison Reform 189
Prison Riots 191
Prison Tourism 193
Prisons and Punishment in Scotland 195
Probation 196
Prohibition 199
Prostitution (19th century) 201
Prostitution (early 20th century) 203
Protest and Policing in Scotland 205
Public Order Law 207
Q
Quarter Sessions 211
R
Reformatory Schools 215
Respectable Criminal, The 217
Riot Act, The 219
S
Scottish Criminal Courts, The (c. 1747-1850) 223
Security Industry, The 228
Semi-penal Institutions for Women 230
Sexual Assault 232
Sherlock Holmes 237
Slave Trade, The 239
Slavery in the Americas 241
Solitary Confinement 243
Suicide 246
T
Temperance Movements 251
Ticket of Leave 253
Transportation 254
U
Underworld, The Criminal 259
Unlawful Assembly 261
V
Vagrancy 263
Victimology 265
Victims 269
Violence 271
W
Wales, Crime and Punishment 275
Watch Committees 277
Whitechapel Murders of 1888, The 279
White-collar Crime 281
Women and Violent Crime 283
Workhouse, The 285
Workhouse Children 286
Workplace Crime 289
Y
Youth Gangs 291
Legislation and cases index 297
Subject index 301
What People are Saying About This
"The list of the 60 names, in fact, reads like a Who’s Who of the best academics in criminal history and criminology and the quality of the scholarship contained herein adds strength to the value of the book. The book provides a valuable basic introductory source to the history of crime and punishment and has the potential to become an essential text for those working in the field at all levels, be that researchers, teachers and students." - Law, Crime and History
"A lively and engaging reference book, offering comprehensive coverage. It will be an essential read for all those interested in the history of crime and punishment." Sarah Richardson, University of Warwick
"The key topics presented here are written by some of the best academics in the field. They provide succinct and valuable introductions to key issues in criminal justice history and will be of great value to anyone working, or just interested in the area." Clive Emsley, Open University