Crime and Power

List of contents

 Introduction

1. The Very Hands and Feet of Every Kingdom
2. Peace and Police: the 1748 Crime Panic
3. Legal Massacres: Capital Punishment in the Late Eighteenth-century
4. Transportation and the New Prisons, 1750-90
5. Establishing a New Police, 1792-1856
6. Prisons, 1790-1877
7. The Triumph of the Home Office, 1877-1900
8. Building the New Jerusalem, 1890-1950
9. An End to Optimism, 1950-97
10. The Thin Blue Line

 Conclusion  Bibliography

Summary

Tracing the emergence of law, order and the criminal justice system as an issue in British politics and society from the late eighteenth century to the present day, this text provides an essential historical context to the study of contemporary crime and the criminal justice system.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Rawlings
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780582304017
• ISBN: 978-0-582-30401-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 310 g
• Series: Longman Criminology Series; Longman Criminology Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology