When is a crime a crime--or an act condoned by a significant portion of society? When is a criminal a criminal--or 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...
When is a crime a crime--or an act condoned by a significant portion of society? When is a criminal a criminal--or a revolutionary or a national he...
This historical annual is the major publication in the general area of the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment in all geographical regions and from ancient to modern times. In addition to analytical articles, the annual provides reviews of the major books in these areas as well as book review essays on major publications, collections, new findings, and methodologies. The annual serves both as a forum for the leading research scholarship in these subject areas and as an inter- and multi-disciplinary focus on the crime and criminal justice fields.
This historical annual is the major publication in the general area of the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment in all g...
"Policing and War in Europe" marks a new departure in "Criminal Justice History." These seven chapter essays, together with the reviews of twelve major works in the area, establish the series as a major forum for exploring new areas of research in the criminal justice area in its historical, criminological, legal, and social aspects. Common themes and issues that emerge from the study of policing and warring from the perspectives of both the nation state and the local community are explored.
Elaine Reynolds and Barry Godfrey examine the daily work of nightwatchmen, and private and...
"Policing and War in Europe" marks a new departure in "Criminal Justice History." These seven chapter essays, together with the reviews of twelve m...
Knafla and his contributors explore the common problems and issues that emerge from the study of class and gender in criminal prosecutions, ranging from late medieval Europe to the early 20th century. The chapters demonstrate that conceptions of crime and criminal behavior are influenced decisively by the roles of class, gender, and later race as societies evolve in search of continuity and conformity.
The seven chapters in this volume, together with a major book review essay and critical reviews of sixteen major works in the area, reinforce the series as a major forum for exploring new...
Knafla and his contributors explore the common problems and issues that emerge from the study of class and gender in criminal prosecutions, ranging...
This volume contains essays of the history of crime, punishment, and reform in Europe from the 18th century onward. It also contains two long book review essays, and 22 book reviews on major works that have appeared in the subject from the mid-1990s.
Knafla's introduction outlines the issues and themes that are contained in the essays and the reviews. As in the other volumes in this series, a comprehensive index identifies all subjects, names, and places in the volume. This is an important resource for scholars, students, and other researchers involved with criminal justice...
This volume contains essays of the history of crime, punishment, and reform in Europe from the 18th century onward. It also contains two long book ...
This, the nineteenth volume of Criminal Justice History, features seven original essays on the history of violent crimes and punishments in North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including a major bibliography on capital punishment and the death penalty in the United States. The volume also contains a long book review essay on eleven books dealing with aspects of global terrorism, and reviews of eleven individual major works on the history and ideology of cirme and criminal justice that have appeared from the end of the 1990s. The introduction outlines the issues and themes...
This, the nineteenth volume of Criminal Justice History, features seven original essays on the history of violent crimes and punishments in North Amer...
This study is devoted chiefly to Ellesmere's career and writings as Lord Chancellor, 1603 1617. After an introduction to his life and career from 1541 to 1603, Part One is a study of his role in the legal and political history of Jacobean England. In order to place the analysis of law and politics in a broader context, topics discussed include economics, religion, social customs and thought, in addition to questions concerning the forms of action at common law, disputes between the courts, law and equity, and the political activities of Parliament, the Privy Council, and the Crown. Part Two...
This study is devoted chiefly to Ellesmere's career and writings as Lord Chancellor, 1603 1617. After an introduction to his life and career from 1541...
This historical annual is the major annual in the general area of the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment in all geographical regions, from ancient to modern times. In addition to analytical articles, the annual provides reviews of the major books on these subjects and book review essays on new findings and methodologies.
In this volume, the annual provides one of the first articles ever published on the history of crime and punishment in the former Soviet Union, several major articles on the history of policing in 19th century England, and one of the first...
This historical annual is the major annual in the general area of the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment in all geogra...
This historical annual is the major publication in the general area of the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment in all geographical regions from ancient to modern times. In addition to analytical articles, the annual provides reviews of the major books in these subjects and areas, and book review essays on new findings and methodologies.
In this volume, the annual provides examinations of crime and penal practices in Germany during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance as well as German views of American crime during the 1920s and 30s. In addition, the...
This historical annual is the major publication in the general area of the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment in all g...
This historical annual is the major publication in the general area of the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment in all geographical regions from ancient to modern times. In addition to analytical articles, the annual provides reviews of the major books in these subjects and areas, and book review essays on major collections, new findings, and methodologies.
In this 1993 edition, two major articles focus on juvenile offenders; policing on the Canadian frontier is examined in another piece, while the early history of detectives, and penal reform in Hong Kong are...
This historical annual is the major publication in the general area of the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment in all g...