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Author Helgi Gunnlaugsson.

Title Wayward Icelanders : punishment, boundary maintenance, and the creation of crime / Helgi Gunnlaugsson & John F. Galliher
Published Madison, Wis. ; London : University of Wisconsin Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description xiii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Looking for Nations with Little Crime -- 2. Scant Records of Little Crime: Official Icelandic Crime Reports, 1881-1996 -- 3. Prohibition of Beer in Iceland -- 4. Crime Stories in the Icelandic Press -- 5. Fear of Crime in a Changing Society -- 6. Sex Laws and Sex Crimes in a Land of Equals -- 7. Distortion of the Legal Process: Drug Police and Drug Courts -- 8. Icelandic Police and Court Systems -- 9. Persons in Paradise: The Correctional System in Iceland -- 10. A New Understanding of Nations with Little Crime
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-167) and index
Subject Crime -- Iceland -- History.
Punishment -- Iceland -- History.
Author Galliher, John F.
LC no. 99006442
ISBN 0299165345 paperback
0299165302 cased