Crime, Punishment, and Reform in Europe

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Louis A. Knafla

Book Code: CJ97

ISBN: 0-313-31014-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31014-0

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280 pages, tables

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 4/30/2003

List Price: $91.95 (UK Sterling Price: £51.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Criminal Justice History

Series Number: 18

Description: 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 issues and European history.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Criminal Justice in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux, 1715-1724 by Rebecca Kingston
Social Discipline and the Arbitration of Disputes in Northern Spain: A Murder Case of 1799 by Tomás Mantecon
The Fall of the Sessions Paper: The Criminal Trial and the Popular Press in Late Eighteenth-Century London by Simon Devereaux
Daniel Isaac Eaton and the Pillory in Regency England by Michael Davis
Legitimacy in the Evolution of the Prison: The Chatham Convict Prison Outbreak 1861 by Alyson Brown
World War I and the Criminalization of Youth in Italy by Mary Gibson
The Reform of Offenders in England, 1830-1995: A Circular Debate by Kevin Downing and Bill Forsythe
Review Essays
Book Reviews
Index

LC Card Number: 2002028435

LCC Class: HV7921

Dewey Class: 364


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