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Originally published in 1985, Imprisonment in England and Wales is
an account of the changing functions and conditions of imprisonment
in England and Wales from the Medieval period to the present day.
It is designed both as a text for students and teachers of history,
law and social science and as an introduction to the subject for
more general readers and is one of the few attempts to provide an
overall view of the institution of imprisonment in this country
over a period of several centuries. The authors have made use of
original sources and other research to provide an accessible
account of the subject, combining essential factual detail with an
analysis of the use of imprisonment. It is therefore particularly
of interest to those approaching the subject for the first time and
is also intended to provide guidance for further research into
particular areas of the subject. The authors draw upon their
respective knowledge of four main periods to show how imprisonment
has performed a number of different functions: the punishment and
reform of convicted offenders, the coercion of debtors, the custody
of persons awaiting trial and more generally the containment of
society’s undesirables. At the same time, the institution of
imprisonment is put into the context of wider social, political and
economic forces, and related to the development of an increasingly
centralised and incursive system of criminal law, as well as to the
use and disuse of other forms of punishment and legal control. This
discussion is supported by an account of the characteristics of
prisons, the problems of administration and the implementation of
penal and reformative policy.
This book provides an overview of the history of policing in the
UK. Its primary aim is to investigate the shifting nature of
policing over time, and to provide a historical foundation to
today's debates. Policing: a short history moves away from a focus
on the origins of the 'new police', and concentrates rather on
broader (but much neglected) patterns of policing. How was there a
shift from communal responsibility to policing? What has been
expected of the police by the public and vice versa? How have the
police come to dominate modern thinking on policing? The book shows
how policing - in the sense of crime control and order maintenance
- has come to be seen as the work which the police do, even though
the bulk of policing is undertaken by people and organisations
other than the police. This book will be essential reading for
anybody interested in the history of policing, on how differing
perceptions emerged on the function of policing on the part of the
public, the state and the police, and in today's intense debates on
what the police do.
Criminal biographies enjoyed enormous popularity in the Eighteenth Century: today they offer us some fascinating perspectives on the period. Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices is the first book to reproduce a number of these biographies in full. Not only do these biographies make fascinating reading, they also raise the problem of how to read them as historical documents. The author argues that instead of trying to uncover simple themes, the most revealing thing about them is the tensions around which they were constructed.
Criminal biographies enjoyed enormous popularity in the Eighteenth
Century: today they offer us some fascinating perspectives on the
period. Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices is the first book to
reproduce a number of these biographies in full.
Not only do these biographies make fascinating reading, they also
raise the problem of how to read them as historical documents. The
author argues that instead of trying to uncover simple themes, the
most revealing thing about them is the tensions around which they
were constructed.
This book provides an overview of the history of policing in the
UK. Its primary aim is to investigate the shifting nature of
policing over time, and to provide a historical foundation to
today's debates. Policing: a short history moves away from a focus
on the origins of the 'new police', and concentrates rather on
broader (but much neglected) patterns of policing. How was there a
shift from communal responsibility to policing? What has been
expected of the police by the public and vice versa? How have the
police come to dominate modern thinking on policing? The book shows
how policing - in the sense of crime control and order maintenance
- has come to be seen as the work which the police do, even though
the bulk of policing is undertaken by people and organisations
other than the police. This book will be essential reading for
anybody interested in the history of policing, on how differing
perceptions emerged on the function of policing on the part of the
public, the state and the police, and in today's intense debates on
what the police do.
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