Criminal justice history in Latin America : promising notes

Quite recently, a series of research projects, stemming from various sub-disciplines and informed by distinct methodological perspectives, have begun to converge towards a common territory which, for lack of a better name, I shall call crime and justice history. Studies of banditry, prostitution, s...

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Autore principale: Salvatore, Ricardo D.
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2009
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:Quite recently, a series of research projects, stemming from various sub-disciplines and informed by distinct methodological perspectives, have begun to converge towards a common territory which, for lack of a better name, I shall call crime and justice history. Studies of banditry, prostitution, street violence, policing, prisons, corporal punishment, ideologies of social order, indigenous litigation, the legal profession, and judicial practices – to name only the principal groupings – have...