Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Clarendon studies in criminology |
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Clarendon studies in criminology.
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Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The social history of Crewe -- 3. Persistent criminality in Crewe 1880-1940 -- 4. Informal social control and 'reform' : marriage, employment and desistance from crime -- 5. Families and crime : the intergenerational patterns of offending in Crewe -- 6. Victimization and offending -- 7. Conclusions -- App. A. Our data sets : origins and architecture -- App. B. The mechanics and validity of the censuses, 1841-1901 -- App. C. Nested data and appropriate statistical techniques / Jonathan Jackson and Stephen Farrall |
Summary |
This text examines the history of crime and uses historical data to analyse modern criminological debates. Drawing on criminology, history, and social policy, the book addresses important issues about offenders' persistence in crime, and questions the current theoretical framework used to explain offending patterns |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Criminals -- Family relationships -- England, North West -- History -- 19th century
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Criminals -- Family relationships -- England, North West -- History -- 20th century
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Criminals -- Employment -- England, North West -- History -- 19th century
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Criminals -- Employment -- England, North West -- History -- 20th century
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Crime -- England, North West -- History -- 19th century
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Crime -- England, North West -- History -- 20th century
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Crime.
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Criminals -- Employment.
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Criminals -- Family relationships.
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England -- England, North West.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Cox, David J
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Farrall, Stephen
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ISBN |
9780191696046 |
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0191696048 |
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