Property Crime in London, 1850-Present /

This book examines London's transformation from the mid-Victorian "miracle" of low crime to a high-crime society, treating six different types of misdeed as representative of phases in the evolution of crime to argue that lawbreaking must be explained by connecting all types of offens...

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Main Author:	Meier, William M. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:	History. Criminology & Criminal Justice. Cultural History. Historiography and Method. History of Britain and Ireland. Social History. Sociology of Culture. Civilization > History. Criminology. Historiography. Religion and culture. Social history. Great Britain > History. Electronic books.
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Summary:	This book examines London's transformation from the mid-Victorian "miracle" of low crime to a high-crime society, treating six different types of misdeed as representative of phases in the evolution of crime to argue that lawbreaking must be explained by connecting all types of offenses to their social and economic contexts.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (VII, 236 pages 4 illustrations in color)
ISBN:	9780230119680
DOI:	10.1057/9780230119680