Crime, Regulation and Control During the Blitz: Protecting the Population of Bombed Cities

by Peter Adey and David J. Cox

Book Overview

Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz looks at the social effect of bombing on urban centres like Liverpool, Coventry and London, critically examining how the wartime authorities struggled to regulate and control crime and offending during the Blitz. Focusing predominantly on Liverpool, it investigates how the authorities and citizens anticipated the aerial war, and how the State and local authorities proposed to contain and protect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350048526
• ISBN13: 9781350048522
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"