Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The medieval origins of the English criminal justice system; 2 Crime and the courts in early modern England; 3 Church courts and manor courts; 4 The machinery of law enforcement; 5 Imposing the law; 6 Punishment; 7 Socio-political crime; 8 The ordering of society; 9 The changing nature of crime in the nineteenth century; 10 The policing of society; 11 Patterns of punishment; 12 Patterns of crime; 13 Bad behaviour; 14 Professional law; 15 Ordering punishment; Epilogue; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This survey of crime in ENgland from the medieval period to the present day synthesizes case-study and local-level material and standardizes the debates and issues for the student reader
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index
