Crime Policing and Punishment in England 1750-1914

Drawing upon recent research in one of the fastest-growing and most exciting areas of social history this book provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of the criminal justice system in England. In addition to looking at the underlying causes of change in the criminal justice system the book also considers the ways in which the evolution of modern society has been shaped by the developments in the criminal justice system. The author first explores the statistical evidence on crime before considering its changing pattern and explanations of the criminal. The development of modern policing is the subject of the second section of the book and it finishes with an analysis of the changes in punishment which saw the old Bloody Code replaced by the new prison regime.