Writing the History of Crime

by Paul Knepper

Book Overview

Writing the History of Crime investigates the development of historical writing on the subject of crime and its wider place in social and cultural history. It examines long-standing and emerging traditions in history writing, with separate chapters on legal and scientific approaches, as well as on urban, Marxist, gender and empire history. Each chapter then explores these historical approaches in relation to crime, paying particular attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472518535
• ISBN13: 9781472518538
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"