Crime and criminal justice history in Germany. A report on recent trends

1. IntroductionIn Germany, modern crime and criminal justice history had a late start. In the 1970s and the early 1980s, when crime and criminal justice history had already become a significant feature of historical writing in Western Europe and in Northern America, very few pioneers among German h...

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Publicat a:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs,
Autor principal: Reinke, Herbert
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2012
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:1. IntroductionIn Germany, modern crime and criminal justice history had a late start. In the 1970s and the early 1980s, when crime and criminal justice history had already become a significant feature of historical writing in Western Europe and in Northern America, very few pioneers among German historians had ventured into the area. Three pioneers stand out: Dirk Blasius, Carsten Küther and Alf Lüdtke.By the time that the statement was made about the ‘late start’ of the history of German c...