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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826699003321

Titolo

Law, crime and deviance since 1700 : micro-studies in the history of crime / / edited by Anne-Marie Kilday and David Nash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2016

ISBN

1-4725-8530-5

1-4725-8529-1

1-4742-9572-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

364.9

Soggetti

Crime - History

Criminology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Section One - Criminality, State and Society -- Section Two - Violence and the Violent -- Section Three - Police and Policing -- Section Four - Prisoner Narratives and Confinement Stories.

Sommario/riassunto

"Law, Crime and Deviance since 1700 explores the potential for the 'micro-study' approach to the history of crime and legal history. A selection of in-depth narrative micro-studies are featured to illustrate specific issues associated with the theme of crime and the law in historical context. The methodology used unpacks the wider historiographical and contextual issues related to each thematic area and facilitates discussion of the wider implications for the history of crime and social relations. The case studies in the volume cover a range of incidents relating to crime, law and deviant behaviour since 1700, from policing vice in Victorian London to chain gang narratives from the southern United States. The book concludes by demonstrating how these narratives can be brought together to produce a more nuanced history of the area and suggests avenues for future research and study."--