Helen Johnston - History of Crime in the UK and Ireland Ser.: Crime in England 1815-1880 : Experiencing the Criminal Justice System DJV, TXT
9781843929536 1843929538 Crime in England, 1815-1880 provides a unique insight into crime and the criminal justice system from the early to the late nineteenth century. This book examines crime, criminality and punishment in nineteenth-century England by providing an overview of the key issues with regard to views about and subsequent treatment of crime and offenders by the criminal justice system. It covers important developments and changes across the period, in policing and the disposal of offenders, such as the decline of public execution, the transportation of convicts overseas and emergence of local and convict system of imprisonment. The book draws together original research by the author to locate these changes and provides case studies illuminating the lives of those who experienced the criminal justice system. With an emphasis on punishment and the impact that events during this period have had on the development of the modern criminal justice system, this book will be useful to academics and students interested in criminal justice, history and penology, as well as being of interest to the general reader., Crime in England, 1815-1880 provides a unique insight into views on crime and criminality and the operation of the criminal justice system in England from the early to the late nineteenth century. This book examines the perceived problem and causes of crime, views about offenders and the consequences of these views for the treatment of offenders in the criminal justice system. The book explores the perceived causes of criminality, as well as concerns about particular groups of offenders, such as the 'criminal classes' and the 'habitual offender', the female offender and the juvenile criminal. It also considers the development of policing, the systems of capital punishment and the transportation of offenders overseas, as well as the evolution of both local and convict prison systems. The discussion primarily investigates those who were drawn into the criminal justice system and the attitudes towards and mechanisms to address crime and offenders. The book draws together original research by the author to locate these broader developments and provides detailed case studies illuminating the lives of those who experienced the criminal justice system and how these changes were experienced in provincial England. With an emphasis on the penal system and case studies on offenders' lives and on provincial criminal justice, this book will be useful to academics and students interested in criminal justice, history and penology, as well as being of interest to the general reader.
9781843929536 1843929538 Crime in England, 1815-1880 provides a unique insight into crime and the criminal justice system from the early to the late nineteenth century. This book examines crime, criminality and punishment in nineteenth-century England by providing an overview of the key issues with regard to views about and subsequent treatment of crime and offenders by the criminal justice system. It covers important developments and changes across the period, in policing and the disposal of offenders, such as the decline of public execution, the transportation of convicts overseas and emergence of local and convict system of imprisonment. The book draws together original research by the author to locate these changes and provides case studies illuminating the lives of those who experienced the criminal justice system. With an emphasis on punishment and the impact that events during this period have had on the development of the modern criminal justice system, this book will be useful to academics and students interested in criminal justice, history and penology, as well as being of interest to the general reader., Crime in England, 1815-1880 provides a unique insight into views on crime and criminality and the operation of the criminal justice system in England from the early to the late nineteenth century. This book examines the perceived problem and causes of crime, views about offenders and the consequences of these views for the treatment of offenders in the criminal justice system. The book explores the perceived causes of criminality, as well as concerns about particular groups of offenders, such as the 'criminal classes' and the 'habitual offender', the female offender and the juvenile criminal. It also considers the development of policing, the systems of capital punishment and the transportation of offenders overseas, as well as the evolution of both local and convict prison systems. The discussion primarily investigates those who were drawn into the criminal justice system and the attitudes towards and mechanisms to address crime and offenders. The book draws together original research by the author to locate these broader developments and provides detailed case studies illuminating the lives of those who experienced the criminal justice system and how these changes were experienced in provincial England. With an emphasis on the penal system and case studies on offenders' lives and on provincial criminal justice, this book will be useful to academics and students interested in criminal justice, history and penology, as well as being of interest to the general reader.