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Policing and Punishment in Nineteenth Century Britain (Hardcover)
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Policing and Punishment in Nineteenth Century Britain (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The History of Crime and Punishment
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In the years between 1750 and 1868, English criminal justice
underwent significant changes. The two most crucial developments
were the gradual establishment of an organised, regular police, and
the emergence of new secondary punishments, following the
restriction in the scope of the death penalty. In place of an
ill-paid parish constabulary, functioning largely through a system
of rewards and common informers, professional police institutions
were given the task of executing a speedy and systematic
enforcement of the criminal law. In lieu of the severe and
capriciously-administered capital laws, a penalty structure based
on a proportionality between the gravity of crimes and the severity
of punishments was erected as arguably a more effective deterrent
of crime. This book, first published in 1981, examines the impact
of these two important developments and casts new light on the way
in which law enforcement evolved during the nineteenth century.
This title will be of interest to students of history and
criminology.
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