Barry Godfrey, Graeme Dunstall, Crime and Empire 1840-1940; Criminal justice in local and global context

With a growing interest today in the fields of criminal justice history and the history of the British empire and commonwealth, Crime and Empire – an edited essay collection – provides a welcome contribution. More importantly it taps into an under-researched area; that is the day-to-day management...

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1. Verfasser: Sinclair, Georgina
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2009
Online Zugang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Zusammenfassung:With a growing interest today in the fields of criminal justice history and the history of the British empire and commonwealth, Crime and Empire – an edited essay collection – provides a welcome contribution. More importantly it taps into an under-researched area; that is the day-to-day management of crime and justice within a British imperial context. For that the editors should be congratulated in having gathered a broad selection of essays spanning both the ‘old’ (Australia and New Zealan...