Crime in England 1880-1945 - The Rough and the Criminal, the Policed and the Incarcerated

This book is an ambitious attempt to map the main changes in the criminal justice system in the Victorian period through to the twentieth century. There are a series of interesting and lively debates of a thematic nature which will engage historians, criminologists, and research methods specialists, as well as the undergraduates and school students that, like the author, are fascinated by crime history.

List of contents

1. The convict's story  2. What shall we do?  3. Statistics and the 'capturing of crime'  4. From policeman state to regulatory control  5. Talking of crime  6. An ethical conversation  7. New digital media  8. Impact  9. Time, place and space  10. New technologies of policing  11.Paperwork, networks, information, connections and theories  12. A just measure of punishment: a fair measure of reformation  13. The submerged criminal justice 'state'.

About the author

Barry Godfrey is Professor of Social Justice at Liverpool University. He has twenty years of experience in researching comparative criminology, particularly international crime history; desistence studies; and longitudinal studies of offending.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Godfrey
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2013
• EAN: 9781843929482
• ISBN: 978-1-84392-948-2
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: History of Crime in the UK and Ireland
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; England, European History, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminology: legal aspects