This survey of crime in ENgland from the medieval period to the present day synthesizes case-study and local-level material and standardizes the debates and issues for the student reader.
Author(s): John Briggs, Mr John Briggs, Christopher Harrison, Angus McInnes, David Vincent
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 259
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 9
1 The medieval origins of the English criminal justice system......Page 11
Part I: The early modern period......Page 23
2 Crime and the courts in early modern England......Page 24
3 Church courts and manor courts......Page 38
4 The machinery of law enforcement......Page 51
5 Imposing the law......Page 62
6 Punishment......Page 71
7 Socio-political crime......Page 84
Part II: Crime, police and punishment in England after the Industrial Revolution, 1800-75......Page 96
8 The ordering of society......Page 97
9 The changing nature of crime in the nineteenth century......Page 113
10 The policing of society......Page 130
11 Patterns of punishment......Page 143
Part III: The making of the modern criminal, 1875-1960......Page 158
12 Patterns of crime......Page 159
13 Bad behaviour......Page 172
14 Professional law......Page 186
15 Ordering punishment......Page 201
Epilogue......Page 217
Glossary......Page 223
Bibliography......Page 227
Index......Page 231
