Crime and Punishment in England - An Introductory History

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.

Sommario

Part 1 The medieval inheritance: defining crime; the medieval system in its prime. Part 2 The pre-industrial response to crime: Tudor crime; imposing the law; riots and political crime; punishments; manor courts. Part 3 Crime in industrial England: the control of society; threats to public order; crimes against property and the person; statutory creation of new crimes; law reform - policing, sentencing and punishing. Part 4 The making of the modern criminal: poverty, prosperity and the criminal; crime - and technology, sex, subversion, insanity, drink and drugs, punishment, sensation.

Info autore

John Briggs, Mr John Briggs, Christopher Harrison, Angus McInnes, David Vincent

Riassunto

An introductory text on the social history of crime, deviancy and criminal behaviour from 1100 to the present day.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Briggs, John Harrison Briggs, Christopher Harrison, Harrison Christopher, Angus McInnes, McInnes Angus, David Vincent
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.06.1996
• EAN: 9781857281545
• ISBN: 978-1-85728-154-5
• Pagine: 284
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards