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Karen Corteen & Sharon Morley
Companion to the History of Crime and Criminal Justice [PDF ebook]

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The history of crime and punishment is an important, yet under-resourced area of criminology and criminal justice.This valuable book provides concise but robust definitions of key terms and concepts, going well beyond a simple explanation of the word or theme. Offering a succinct approach to the vocabulary and terminology of historical and contemporary approaches to crime and punishment, it includes entries from expert contributors in a user-friendly A-Z format with clear direction to related entries and further reading. Including explanations of terms ranging from ‘garrotting’ to The Bow Street Runners, baby farming to juvenile delinquency, this easily accessible text will be ideal for the reader to draw on across the variety of modules and studies relating to the topic.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 330 ● ISBN 9781447325888 ● Editor Karen Corteen & Sharon Morley ● Publisher Policy Press ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5349660 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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