Crime and Civilization - The Birth of Criminology in the Early Nineteenth Century

Drawing on original French, German, and English publications, Crime and Civilization explores the rise of data-based criminology as an intellectual field in continental Europe in the early nineteenth century, spanning from Enlightenment philosophers to the general rise of science in society.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Thinking about crime before criminology


• 3: Civilization debate


• 4: Breakthrough to data 1825-1827


• 5: First criminology


• 6: Anchoring criminal justice to facts


• 7: French civilization and German Kultur


• 8: Insight from critique: the Genevans


• 9: From piecemeal reform to incremental research


• 10: The origins of criminology

About the author

Janne Kivivuori is Professor of Criminology at the University of Helsinki, and Adjunct Professor of the History of Criminology at the University of Oulu. His research has focused on homicide, youth crime, crime measurement instruments, and historical criminology. His historical work ranges from history of criminology to history of violence, with books such as Discovery of Hidden Crime (2011) and Nordic Homicide in Deep Time (2022). He has contributed extensively to the creation and development of Finnish and international crime indicators, serving currently in the steering committees of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD) and the European Homicide Monitor (EHM).

Summary

Drawing on original French, German, and English publications, Crime and Civilization explores the rise of data-based criminology as an intellectual field in continental Europe in the early nineteenth century, spanning from Enlightenment philosophers to the general rise of science in society.

Product details

• Authors: Janne Kivivuori, Janne (Professor of Criminology Kivivuori, Kivivuori Janne
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2024
• EAN: 9780198909798
• ISBN: 978-0-19-890979-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Legal History, c 1800 to c 1900, Legal History, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Criminology: legal aspects