Policing and Punishment in Nineteenth Century Britain

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Victor Bailey
Routledge, 20. 8. 2015 - Počet stran: 250

In the years between 1750 and 1868, English criminal justice underwent significant changes. The two most crucial developments were the gradual establishment of an organised, regular police, and the emergence of new secondary punishments, following the restriction in the scope of the death penalty. In place of an ill-paid parish constabulary, functioning largely through a system of rewards and common informers, professional police institutions were given the task of executing a speedy and systematic enforcement of the criminal law. In lieu of the severe and capriciously-administered capital laws, a penalty structure based on a proportionality between the gravity of crimes and the severity of punishments was erected as arguably a more effective deterrent of crime.

This book, first published in 1981, examines the impact of these two important developments and casts new light on the way in which law enforcement evolved during the nineteenth century. This title will be of interest to students of history and criminology.

 

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Foreword
7
Acknowledgements
9
1 Introduction
11
Associations for the Prosecution of Felons 17441856
25
Portsmouth 18151875
42
4 The Police and the Public in Midnineteenthcentury Warwickshire
65
5 The Metropolitan Police the Home Office and the Threat of Outcast London
94
A System in Evolution
126
The TicketofLeave Scares in MidVictorian Britain
150
8 Grinding Men Good? Lancashires Prisons at Midcentury
182
Segregating the Criminally Insane in Latenineteenthcentury Warwickshire
217
Notes on Contributors
242
Index
244
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