Crimes, constables and courts : order and transgression in a Canadian city, 1816-1970 /

Using Hamilton, Ontario, as his model, Weaver makes extensive use of newspaper accounts and police, court, and jail records in a revealing exploration of individual crime cases and overall trends in crime. Tracing the origin and evolution of courts, juries, police, and punishments, Weaver takes into...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weaver, John C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995.
Temas:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Ontario > Hamilton > History.
Police > Ontario > Hamilton > History.
Crime analysis > Ontario > Hamilton > History.
Criminalité > Analyse > Ontario > Hamilton > Histoire.
Justice pénale > Administration > Ontario > Hamilton > Histoire.
Police > Ontario > Hamilton > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
LAW > Courts.
Crime analysis
Criminal justice, Administration of
Police
Social conditions
Kriminalität
Criminaliteit.
Politie.
Rechterlijke macht.
Geschichte 1816-1970.
Hamilton (Ont.) > Social conditions.
Hamilton (Ont.) > Conditions sociales.
Ontario > Hamilton
Hamilton (Ont.)
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Criminal Justice and the Waning of the Old Regime
  • 2 Expeditious Courts and Muscular Mercenaries
  • 3 Human Agents of Civic Order
  • 4 Forced Liberalization and Technological Enthusiasms
  • 5 The Meaning of Trends in Crime Rates
  • 6 The Enduring Circumstances of Violence and Theft
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W

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