Three «moral entrepreneurs» and the creation of a «criminal class» in England, c. 1790s-1840s
In the first half of the nineteenth century, English society developed a strong concern about the problem of crime fuelled by rising criminal statistics and pressures for regular paid police forces. By the 1840s, the dominant view of crime was that it was a product, not of poverty, but of weakness o...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |