Crime and Punishment: 10 years of research (1)

Thirty years ago the history of crime, criminal justice, penal policy and penal institutions in Britain was a subject scarcely explored by academics. Such work as had been done was generally informed by a Whiggish perspective. It saw legal, police and prison developments as following a generally en...

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প্রকাশিত:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs,
প্রধান লেখক: Emsley, Clive
বিন্যাস: Article ou chapitre numérique
ভাষা:Anglais
প্রকাশিত: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2009
অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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সংক্ষিপ্ত:Thirty years ago the history of crime, criminal justice, penal policy and penal institutions in Britain was a subject scarcely explored by academics. Such work as had been done was generally informed by a Whiggish perspective. It saw legal, police and prison developments as following a generally enlightened, humanitarian and progressive trajectory. It understood criminals from an essentially positivist perspective. The laws, the courts, the police, the prisons were there to protect ordinary ...