Counting crimes or counting people : some implications of mid-nineteenth century British police returns
Police returns for the city of Sheffield, 1844-1862, underpin the case that the arrest is a better base for analysis than the ’crime’. The number of convictions for indictable offences is less than 5 % of the total of arrests, which are dominated by offences related to disorder rather than to proper...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |