Crime, Police, and Penal Policy: European Experiences 1750-1940

by Clive Emsley

Book Overview

How did ideas about crime and criminals change in Europe from around 1750 to 1940? How did European states respond to these changes with the development of police and penal institutions? Clive Emsley attempts to address these questions using recent research on the history of crime and criminal justice in Europe. Exploring the subject chronologically, he addresses the forms of offending, the changing interpretations and understandings of that offending...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199202850
• ISBN13: 9780199202850
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"