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UNINA9910465846303321 |
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Joyce Peter |
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A dictionary of criminal justice / / Peter Joyce and Neil Wain |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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1-283-54659-0 |
9786613859044 |
1-136-96142-9 |
0-203-85030-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain |
Criminal justice, Administration of |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Front Cover; A Dictionary ofCriminal Justice; Copyrite Page; Contents; Introduction; Section One: Definitions; Section Two: Key Acts; Section Three: Key documents; Section Four: Internet sources; Index |
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A Dictionary of Criminal Justice is the only dictionary that deals with criminal justice from a UK perspective, and in doing so provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the British criminal justice system, including its historical context and contemporary operations.The first three sections of the book explore in turn key definitions, key pieces of legislation and key documents that have helped to shape the operations of the criminal justice system, whilst the fourth details websites of particular relevance to this field. As such, this dictionary provides an extensiv |
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UNINA9910787378303321 |
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Weber Harold |
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Paper bullets : print and kingship under Charles II / / Harold Weber |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1996 |
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©1996 |
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0-8131-3044-1 |
0-8131-5667-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Journalism - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 17th century |
English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
Printing - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 17th century |
Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century |
Censorship - Great Britain - History - 17th century |
Monarchy - Great Britain - History - 17th century |
Kings and rulers in literature |
Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685 Historiography |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Representations of the King; 1. Restoration and Escape: The Incognito King and Providential History; 2. The Monarch's Sacred Body: The King's Evil and the Politics of Royal Healing; 3. The Monarch's Profane Body: ""His scepter and his prick are of a length""; Part Two: The Language of Censorship; 4. ""The feminine part of every rebellion"": The Public, Royal Power, and the Mysteries of Printing; 5. ""The very Oracles of the Vulgar"": Stephen College and the Author on Trial |
ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index |
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The calculated use of media by those in power is a phenomenon dating back at least to the seventeenth century, as Harold Weber demonstrates in this illuminating study of the relation of print culture to kingship under England's Charles II. Seventeenth-century London witnessed an |
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enormous expansion of the print trade, and with this expansion came a revolutionary change in the relation between political authority -- especially the monarchy -- and the printed word.Weber argues that Charles' reign was characterized by a particularly fluid relationship between print and power. The press helped brin |
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