Crime, Disorder, and the Risorgimento: The Politics of Policing in Bologna

by Steven C. Hughes

Book Overview

This book provides a meticulous examination of the ideology, structure, and functions of the papal police as they operated in the city and province of Bologna in the period before Italian unity, and in doing so offers an important new interpretation of the Risorgimento. The author argues that after the Restoration the new police soon found themselves incapable of dealing effectively with overwhelming problems of crime and public order. In allowing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052189381X
• ISBN13: 9780521893817
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"