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This book is a major contribution to the comparative histories of
crime and criminal justice, focusing on the legal regimes of the
British empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Its overarching theme is the transformation and convergence of
criminal justice systems during a period that saw a broad shift
from legal pluralism to the hegemony of state law in the European
world and beyond. Chapters in the book present a variety of
approaches, ranging from global discussions of key issues and
developments to an exploration of local case studies and their
relationship to these broader themes. Overall they reflect thinking
and developments within criminological, historiographical and
post-colonial approaches. Crime and Empire 1840-1940 reflects a
growing interest in the history of criminal justice on the part of
both criminologists and historians. The legacy of colonialism
continues to be disputed in the courts and elsewhere. The
contributors to this book are concerned le
Monsters, Law, Crime, an edited collection composed of essays
written by prominent U.S. and international experts in Law,
Criminology, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication and Film,
constitutes a rigorous attempt to explore fertile interdisciplinary
inquiries into "monsters" and "monster-talk," and law and crime.
"Monsters" may refer to allegorical or symbolic fantastic beings
(as in literature, film, legends, myths, etc.), or actual or real
life monsters, as well as the interplay/ambiguity between the two
general types of "monsters." This edited collection thus explores
and updates contemporary discussions of the emergent and evolving
fronts of monster theory in relation to cutting-edge research on
law and crime, and may be seen as extensions of a Gothic
Criminology, generally construed. Gothic Criminology refers to a
theoretical framework initially developed by Caroline Joan "Kay" S.
Picart, a Philosophy and Film professor turned Attorney and Law
professor, and Cecil Greek, a Sociologist (Picart and Greek 2008).
Succinctly paraphrased, noting the proliferation of Gothic modes of
narration and visualization in American popular culture, academia
and even public policy, Picart and Greek proposed a framework,
which they described as a "Gothic Criminology" to attempt to
analyze the fertile lacunae connecting the "real" and the "reel" in
the flow of Gothic metaphors and narratives that abound around
criminological phenomena that populate not only popular culture but
also academic and public policy discourses.
This book provides a comprehensive, introductory text for students
taking courses in crime and criminal justice history. It covers all
of the key historical topics central to an understanding of the
current criminal justice system, including the development of the
police, the courts and the mechanisms of punishment (from the
gallows to the prison). The role of the victim in the criminal
justice system, changing perceptions of criminals, long-term trends
in violent crime, and the rise of surveillance society also receive
detailed analysis. In addressing each of these issues and
developments, the authors draw on the latest research in this
rapidly expanding field to explore a range of historiographical and
criminological debates. This new edition continues its exploration
of criminal justice history right through to the present day and
discusses recent events in the criminal justice world. Each chapter
now ends with a 'Modern parallels' section - a detailed case study
providing historical analysis pertinent to a specific contemporary
issue in the field of criminal justice and drawing parallels
between historical context and modern phenomenon. Each chapter also
includes a 'Key questions' section, which guides the reader towards
appropriate sources for further study. The authors draw on their
in-depth knowledge and provide an accessible and lively guide for
those approaching the subject for the first time, or those wishing
to deepen their knowledge. This makes the book essential reading
for those teaching or studying modules on criminal justice,
policing and youth justice.
This book provides a comprehensive, introductory text for students
taking courses in crime and criminal justice history. It covers all
of the key historical topics central to an understanding of the
current criminal justice system, including the development of the
police, the courts and the mechanisms of punishment (from the
gallows to the prison). The role of the victim in the criminal
justice system, changing perceptions of criminals, long-term trends
in violent crime, and the rise of surveillance society also receive
detailed analysis. In addressing each of these issues and
developments, the authors draw on the latest research in this
rapidly expanding field to explore a range of historiographical and
criminological debates. This new edition continues its exploration
of criminal justice history right through to the present day and
discusses recent events in the criminal justice world. Each chapter
now ends with a 'Modern parallels' section - a detailed case study
providing historical analysis pertinent to a specific contemporary
issue in the field of criminal justice and drawing parallels
between historical context and modern phenomenon. Each chapter also
includes a 'Key questions' section, which guides the reader towards
appropriate sources for further study. The authors draw on their
in-depth knowledge and provide an accessible and lively guide for
those approaching the subject for the first time, or those wishing
to deepen their knowledge. This makes the book essential reading
for those teaching or studying modules on criminal justice,
policing and youth justice.
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. Chapters include an examination of the growth
and experience of imprisonment, policing, and probation services;
the recording of crime in official statistics and in public memory;
and the possibilities of research created by new electronic and
on-line sources; an exploration of time, space and place, on crime,
and the growth internationalisation and science-led approach of
crime control methods in this period. Unusually, the book presents
these issues in a way which illustrates the sources of data that
informs modern crime history and discusses how criminologists and
historians produce theories of crime history. Consequently, 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.
This book aims to both reflect and take forward current thinking on
comparative and cross-national and cross-cultural aspects of the
history of crime. Its content is wide-ranging: some chapters
discuss the value of comparative approaches in aiding understanding
of comparative history, and providing research directions for the
future; others address substantive issues and topics that will be
of interest to those with interests in both history and
criminology. Overall the book aims to broaden the focus of the
historical context of crime and policing to take fuller account of
cross-national and cross-cultural factors.
This book aims to both reflect and take forward current thinking on
comparative and cross-national and cross-cultural aspects of the
history of crime. Its content is wide-ranging: some chapters
discuss the value of comparative approaches in aiding understanding
of comparative history, and providing research directions for the
future; others address substantive issues and topics that will be
of interest to those with interests in both history and
criminology. Overall the book aims to broaden the focus of the
historical context of crime and policing to take fuller account of
cross-national and cross-cultural factors.
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. Chapters include an examination of the growth
and experience of imprisonment, policing, and probation services;
the recording of crime in official statistics and in public memory;
and the possibilities of research created by new electronic and
on-line sources; an exploration of time, space and place, on crime,
and the growth internationalisation and science-led approach of
crime control methods in this period. Unusually, the book presents
these issues in a way which illustrates the sources of data that
informs modern crime history and discusses how criminologists and
historians produce theories of crime history. Consequently, 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.
This book is a major contribution to the comparative histories of
crime and criminal justice, focusing on the legal regimes of the
British empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Its overarching theme is the transformation and convergence of
criminal justice systems during a period that saw a broad shift
from legal pluralism to the hegemony of state law in the European
world and beyond. Chapters in the book present a variety of
approaches, ranging from global discussions of key issues and
developments to an exploration of local case studies and their
relationship to these broader themes. Overall they reflect thinking
and developments within criminological, historiographical and
post-colonial approaches. Crime and Empire 1840-1940 reflects a
growing interest in the history of criminal justice on the part of
both criminologists and historians. The legacy of colonialism
continues to be disputed in the courts and elsewhere. The
contributors to this book are concerned le
Established in 1853, after the end of penal transportation to
Australia, the convict prison system and the sentence of penal
servitude offered the most severe form of punishment - short of
death - in the criminal justice system, and they remained in place
for nearly a century. Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive
study to examine the convict prison system that housed all those
who were sentenced to penal servitude during this time. Helen
Johnston, Barry Godfrey, and David Cox detail the administration
and evolution of the system, from its creation in the 1850s and the
building of the prison estate to the classification of prisoners
within it. Exploring life in the convict prison through the
experiences of the people who were subjected to it, the authors
shed light on various details such as prison diet, education, and
labour. What they find reveals the internal regimes; the everyday
endurances, conformity, resistance, and rule breaking of convicts;
and the interactions with the warders, medical officers, and
governors that shaped daily life in the system. Reconstructing the
life histories of hundreds of convict prisoners from detailed
prison records, criminal registers, census data, and personal
correspondence, Penal Servitude illuminates the lives of those who
experienced long-term imprisonment in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.
How were criminal children dealt with in the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries? Over this hundred-year period, ideas about the
way children should behave - and how they should be corrected when
they misbehaved - changed dramatically, and Emma Watkins and Barry
Godfrey, in this accessible and expert guide, provide a fascinating
introduction to this neglected subject. They describe a time in
which 'juvenile delinquency' was 'invented', when the problem of
youth crime and youth gangs developed, and society began to think
about how to stop criminal children from developing into criminal
adults. Through a selection of short biographies of child
criminals, they give readers a direct view of the experience of
children who spent time in prisons, reformatory schools, industrial
schools and borstals, and those who were transported to Australia.
They also include a section showing how researchers can carry out
their own research on child offenders, the records they will need
and how to use them, so the book is a rare combination of academic
guide and how-to-do-it manual. It offers readers cutting-edge
scholarship by experts in the field and explains how they can
explore the subject and find out about the lives of offending
children.
Women are among the hardest individuals to trace through the
historical record and this is especially true of female offenders
who had a vested interest in not wanting to be found. That is why
this thought-provoking and accessible handbook by Lucy Williams and
Barry Godfrey is of such value. It looks beyond the crimes and the
newspaper reports of women criminals in the Victorian era in order
to reveal the reality of their personal and penal journeys, and it
provides a guide for researchers who are keen to explore this
intriguing and neglected subject. The book is split into three
sections. There is an introduction outlining the historical context
for the study of female crime and punishment, then a series of
real-life case studies which show in a vivid way the complexity of
female offenders' lives and follows them through the penal system.
The third section is a detailed guide to archival and online
sources that readers can consult in order to explore the
life-histories of criminal women. The result is a rare combination
of academic guide and how-to-do-it manual. It introduces readers to
the latest research in the field and it gives them all the
information they need to carry out their own research.
Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz looks at the social
effect of bombing on urban centres like Liverpool, Coventry and
London, critically examining how the wartime authorities struggled
to regulate and control crime and offending during the Blitz.
Focusing predominantly on Liverpool, it investigates how the
authorities and citizens anticipated the aerial war, and how the
State and local authorities proposed to contain and protect a
population made unruly, potentially deviant and drawn into a new
landscape of criminal regulation. Drawing on a range of
contemporary sources, the book throws into relief today's
experiences of war and terror, the response in crime and deviancy,
and the experience and practices of preparedness in anticipation of
terrible threats. The authors reveal how everyday activities became
criminalised through wartime regulations and explore how other
forms of crime such as looting, theft and drunkenness took on a new
and frightening aspect. Crime, Regulation and Control during the
Blitz offers a critical contribution to how we understand crime,
security, and regulation in both the past and the present.
Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz looks at the social
effect of bombing on urban centres like Liverpool, Coventry and
London, critically examining how the wartime authorities struggled
to regulate and control crime and offending during the Blitz.
Focusing predominantly on Liverpool, it investigates how the
authorities and citizens anticipated the aerial war, and how the
State and local authorities proposed to contain and protect a
population made unruly, potentially deviant and drawn into a new
landscape of criminal regulation. Drawing on a range of
contemporary sources, the book throws into relief today's
experiences of war and terror, the response in crime and deviancy,
and the experience and practices of preparedness in anticipation of
terrible threats. The authors reveal how everyday activities became
criminalised through wartime regulations and explore how other
forms of crime such as looting, theft and drunkenness took on a new
and frightening aspect. Crime, Regulation and Control during the
Blitz offers a critical contribution to how we understand crime,
security, and regulation in both the past and the present.
Policing the Factory describes the operation of the Bank of England
police, the Post Office police, and various other private policing
agencies, employed to track down and prosecute workplace offenders.
The authors focus in particular on the Worsted Committee and their
Inspectors, who, between 1777 and 1968, prosecuted thousands of
workers in the north of England for taking home workplace scraps,
or wasting their employer's time. Most of the workers prosecuted
spent a month in prison upon conviction, and many more were
dismissed from employment without any formal legal action taking
place. This book explores how, and under what legislative basis,
the criminal law could be brought into private spaces in this
period and goes on suggest that the activities of the Inspectorate
inhibited the development of public policing in Yorkshire. The book
presents case studies, newspaper comment, memoirs, and statistics
based on detailed archival analysis of court records, to create a
richly textured story which will inform and challenge contemporary
debates on policing and police history.
"Policing the Factory" describes the operation of the Bank of
England police, the Post Office police, and various other private
policing agencies, employed to track down and prosecute workplace
offenders. The authors focus in particular on the Worsted Committee
and their Inspectors, who, between 1777 and 1968, prosecuted
thousands of workers in the north of England for taking home
workplace scraps, or wasting their employer's time. Most of the
workers prosecuted spent a month in prison upon conviction, and
many more were dismissed from employment without any formal legal
action taking place. This book explores how, and under what
legislative basis, the criminal law could be brought into private
spaces in this period and goes on suggest that the activities of
the Inspectorate inhibited the development of public policing in
Yorkshire. The book presents case studies, newspaper comment,
memoirs, and statistics based on detailed archival analysis of
court records, to create a richly textured story which will inform
and challenge contemporary debates on policing and police history.
Established in 1853, after the end of penal transportation to
Australia, the convict prison system and the sentence of penal
servitude offered the most severe form of punishment - short of
death - in the criminal justice system, and they remained in place
for nearly a century. Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive
study to examine the convict prison system that housed all those
who were sentenced to penal servitude during this time. Helen
Johnston, Barry Godfrey, and David Cox detail the administration
and evolution of the system, from its creation in the 1850s and the
building of the prison estate to the classification of prisoners
within it. Exploring life in the convict prison through the
experiences of the people who were subjected to it, the authors
shed light on various details such as prison diet, education, and
labour. What they find reveals the internal regimes; the everyday
endurances, conformity, resistance, and rule breaking of convicts;
and the interactions with the warders, medical officers, and
governors that shaped daily life in the system. Reconstructing the
life histories of hundreds of convict prisoners from detailed
prison records, criminal registers, census data, and personal
correspondence, Penal Servitude illuminates the lives of those who
experienced long-term imprisonment in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.
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Helen Johnston, Barry Godfrey, David J. Cox
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What was life like in the Victorian underworld - who were the
criminals, what crimes did they commit, how did they come to a
criminal career, and what happened to them after they were released
from prison? Victorian Convicts, by telling the stories of a
hundred criminal men and women, gives the reader an insight into
their families and social background, the conditions in which they
lived, their relationships and working lives, and their offences.
They reveal how these individuals were treated by the justice and
penal system of 150 years ago, and how they were regarded by the
wider world around them. Such a rare and authentic insight into
life in and out of prison will be fascinating reading for anyone
who is interested in the history of crime and criminals, in legal
and prison history and in British society in the nineteenth
century.
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