History & crime / Barry S. Godfrey, Chris A. Williams, Paul Lawrence.

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Godfrey, Barry S

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Key approaches to criminologyPublication details: Los Angeles : Sage, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (197 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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1849202354
9781849202350
9781446213452
1446213455
1282021028
9781282021020
9786612021022
6612021020
9781412920797
1412920795
9781412920803
1412920809

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History and crime

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: History & crime.DDC classification:

364.09 22 22

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HV6233 .G63 2008eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- History, criminology, and "historical criminology" -- The history of criminal statistics -- Police governance : enforcement, discretion, professionalism, and accountability -- Changing perceptions of criminality -- Immigration, ethnicity, race, and crime -- Surveillance : from the workplace to the streets? -- Incarceration and decarceration -- Glossary.

Summary: Providing an introduction to the history of crime and crime control, this title explains the historical background that is essential for an understanding of contemporary criminal justice and examines the historical context for contemporary criminological debates.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index.

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Providing an introduction to the history of crime and crime control, this title explains the historical background that is essential for an understanding of contemporary criminal justice and examines the historical context for contemporary criminological debates.

English.

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