Crime And Punishment In England: An Introductory History

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Routledge, Oct 5, 2005 - History - 288 pages
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This survey of crime in ENgland from the medieval period to the present day synthesizes case-study and local-level material and standardizes the debates and issues for the student reader.
 

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Contents

Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 17
Section 18
Section 19
Section 20

Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
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Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History
John Briggs,Christopher Harrison,David Vincent,Angus McInnes
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About the author (2005)

John Briggs is a professor of English of Western Connecticut State University, has taught at the New School for Social Research in New York, and holds a doctorate in aesthetics and psychology. He is the author of Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos, and co-author, with physicist F. David Peat, of Turbulent Mirror and Seven Life Lessons of Chaos.

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TitleCrime And Punishment In England: An Introductory History
AuthorsJohn Briggs, Mr John Briggs, Christopher Harrison, Angus McInnes, David Vincent
PublisherRoutledge, 2005
ISBN1135369755, 9781135369750
Length288 pages
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