Policing and Punishment in London 1660-1750: Urban Crime and the Limits of Terror

Policing and Punishment in London 1660-1750: Urban Crime and the Limits of Terror image
ISBN-10:

0198208677

ISBN-13:

9780198208679

Author(s): Beattie, J.M.
Edition: 1
Released: Sep 01, 2001
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
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Description:

This pioneering study examines the considerable changes that took place in the criminal justice system in the century after the Restoration. The author reveals how and why an alternative means of dealing with crime emerged in the policing of London, in the practices and procedures of prosecution, and in the establishment of new forms of punishment.












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