The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales: Volume I: The 'Liberal Hour'

ISBN-13: 9780367730321 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 592 str.

Paul Rock

Opis

Volume I of the Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales frames what was known about crime and criminal justice in the 1960s, before describing the liberalising legislation of the decade.

Spis treści

1. Crime in the late 1950s and 1960s: A Preamble  2. The Liberal Hour I – Prologue: The Homicide Act 1957  3. The Liberal Hour I: The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 c.71; Consummation  4. The Liberal Hour II – The Abortion Act 1967 c. 87: Foundations  5. The Liberal Hour II – The Abortion Act 1967 c. 87: Culmination  6. The Liberal Hour III – The Sexual Offences Act 1967 c. 60: Prologue  7. The Liberal Hour III – The Sexual Offences Act 1967 c. 60: Consummation

O autorze

Paul Rock is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. His published work has focused chiefly on the evolution of criminal justice policies in Canada and England and Wales, particularly for victims of crime, and on developments in criminological theory.