Reconstructing the criminal : culture, law, and policy in England, 1830-1914 / Martin J. Wiener.

  • Wiener, Martin J.
Date:
1990
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Physical description

ix, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographic references and index

Contents

Introduction : criminal policy as cultural history -- The origins of Victorianism : impulse and moralization -- Victorian criminal policy I : reforming the law -- Victorian criminal policy II : reformed punishment -- A changing human image -- Late Victorian social policy : a changing context -- The de-moralizing of criminality -- Prosecution and sentencing : the erosion of moral discourse -- Disillusion with the prison -- The outcome : social debility and positive punishment.

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Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Dillons

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    History of Medicine
    JQP.41.AA8
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  • 052135045X