| Description |
xiii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Crime and empire: introduction -- 2. The changes in policing and penal policy in nineteenth-century Europe -- 3. Explaining the history of punishment -- 4. Crimes of violence, crimes of empire? -- 5. Colonialism and the rule of law: the case of South Australia -- 6. Colonial history and theories of the present: some reflections upon penal history and theory -- 7. Crime, the legal archive and postcolonial histories -- 8. Traces and transmissions: techno-scientific symbolism in early twentieth-century policing -- 9. The English model? policing in late nineteenth-century Tasmania-- 10. The growth of crime and crime control in developing towns: Timaru and Crewe, 1850-1920 -- 11. (Re)presenting scandal: Charles Reade's advocacy of professionalism within the English prison system -- 12.'Saving our unfortunate sisters'? establishing the first separate prison for women in New Zealand -- 13. Maori police personnel and the rangatiratanga discourse -- 14. 'To make the precedent fit the crime': British legal responses to sati in early nineteenth-century India -- 15. 'Everyday life' in Boer women's testimonies of the concentration camps of the South African War, 1899-1902 -- 16. Codification of the criminal law: the Australasian parliamentary experience |
| Summary |
This book will be of interest to students of both history and criminology, consisting of chapter contributed by leading authorities in the field |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- History -- 19th century.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- History -- 20th century.
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Colonies -- Administration -- History.
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International law -- History.
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Crime -- History -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Colonies -- Administration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056633 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Author |
Godfrey, Barry S.
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Dunstall, Graeme.
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| LC no. |
2005280353 |
| ISBN |
1843921081 cased |
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1843921073 paperback |
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9781843921080 |
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