Criminals and their scientists the history of criminology in international perspective
Presenting recent research spanning the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century in Western Europe, Argentina, Australia, Japan, and the United States, this survey approaches the history of criminology as a history of science and practice. The essays examine the discourse on crime and criminals...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York : Washington, D.C. :
Cambridge University Press ; German Historical Institute
2006.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Publications of the German Historical Institute. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3844222x*spi |
| Sumario: | Presenting recent research spanning the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century in Western Europe, Argentina, Australia, Japan, and the United States, this survey approaches the history of criminology as a history of science and practice. The essays examine the discourse on crime and criminals that surfaced as part of different discourses and practices, including the activities of the police and the courts, parliamentary debates, and media reports, as well as the writings of moral statisticians, jurists, and medical doctors. |
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| Notas: | "This book grew out of an international conference ... in Florence, Italy in October 1998 ... sponsored by the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, and the European University Institute, Florence"--Page. |
| Descripción Física: | xiii, 492 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781139052405 9781316038079 |
