Serious offenders: a historical study of habitual criminals

Serious Offenders examines the criminal careers of persistent offenders in northwest England between the 1840s and 1940s. It explores the triggers that propelled minor offenders towards serious persistent offending and draws on the lessons to be learnt about the regulation and surveillance of serious offenders. INDICE: Author's Preface; 1: Serious Offenders and their Researchers; 2: Our Methodology; 3: Serious Offenders, and the Legislation that 'Produced' them; 4: Understanding the Evidence; 5: The Impact of Social and Personal Factors on Serious Offending; 6: Hunting Men down to Honesty and Respectability; 7:Making Sense of Historical and Modern Systems of Control and Surveillance

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959466-5
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés