Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940: Criminal Justice in Local and Global Context

ISBN-13: 9781843921080 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 272 str.

Barry S. Godfrey; Graeme Dunstall

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This book is a major contribution to the comparative histories of crime and criminal justice, focusing on the legal regimes of the British empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its overarching theme is the transformation and convergence of criminal justice systems during a period that saw a broad shift from legal pluralism to the hegemony of state law in the European world and beyond. Chapters in the book present a variety of approaches, ranging from global discussions of key issues and developments to an exploration of local case studies and their relationship to these broader themes. Overall they reflect thinking and developments within criminological, historiographical and post-colonial approaches. Crime and Empire 1840-1940 reflects a growing interest in the history of criminal justice on the part of both criminologists and historians. The legacy of colonialism continues to be disputed in the courts and elsewhere. The contributors to this book are concerned le

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Foreword by Carolyn Strange  1. Crime and Empire: Introduction by Graeme Dunstall and Barry S. Godfrey  2. The Changes in Policing and Penal Policy in Nineteenth-century Europe by Clive Emsley  3. Explaining the History of Punishment by John Pratt  4. Crimes of Violence, Crimes of Empire? by Mark Finnane  5. Colonialism and the Rule of Law by Julie Evans  6. Colonial History and Theories of the Present: Some Reflections upon Penal History and Theory by Mark Brown  7. Crime, the Legal Archive, and Postcolonial Histories by Cathy Colborne  8. Traces and Transmissions: Techno-scientific Symbolism in Early Twentieth-century Policing by Dean Wilson  9. The English Model? Policing in Late Nineteenth-century Tasmania by Stefan Petrow  10. The Growth of Crime and Crime Control in Developing Towns: Timaru and Crewe, 1850-1920 by Barry Godfrey and Graeme Dunstall  11. (Re)presenting Scandal: Charles Reade's Advocacy of Professionalism within the English Prison System by Sarah Anderson  12. 'Saving our Unfortunate Sisters'?: Establishing the First Separate Prison for Women in New Zealand by Anna McKenzie  13. Maori Police Personnel and the Rangitiratanga Discourse by Richard Hill  14. 'To Make the Precedent Fit the Crime': British Legal Responses to Sati in Early Nineteenth-century North India by Jane Buckingham  15. 'Everyday Life' in Boer Women's Testimonies of the Concentration Camps of the South African War, 1899-1902 by Helen Dampier  16. Codification of the Criminal Law: The Australasian Parliamentary Experience by Jeremy Finn