Crime History and Histories of Crime: Studies in the Historiography of Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern History [Hardcover]

When is a crime a crimeor an act condoned by a significant portion of society? When is a criminal a criminalor a revolutionary or a national hero? As the chapters in this collection make clear, what constitutes criminal activity varies, to a degree, among different societies and at different moments in a society's history. In this wide-ranging work, major historians of criminology and penology examine aspects of crime and criminal justice from medieval Western Europe to modern day Canada.

In addition to examining crime, the judicial system, and punishment in various societies, the chapters look at the evolution of police systems as societies urbanize and undergo population changes. Together these chapters look at many key questions concerning the modern study of criminal behavior. As such, the volume will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of the history of crime.

CLIVE EMSLEY is Professor of History at the Open University, Milton Keynes, England. Among his earlier publications isPolicing Western Europe(Greenwood Press, 1991).

LOUIS A. KNAFLA is Professor of History, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and the long-time editor ofCriminal Justice History: An International Annual.

Introduction
From Medieval Cities to National States, 1350-1850: The Historiography of Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe by Xavier Rousseaux
Structure, Conjuncture, and Events in the Historiography of Modern Criminal Justice History by Louis A. Knafla
Western Europe
Gender, Class, and the Courts: Scandinavia by Eva Osterberg
Albion's Fatal Attractions: Reflections upon the History of Crime in England by Clive Emsley
Crime, the Judicial System, and Punishment in Modern France by Ren? L?vy
Crime, Police, and the Good Order : Germany by Alf Ludtke and Herbert Reinke
Brigands, Mafiosi, and Others: Italy by Steven Hughes
The Americas and Australia-New Zealand
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