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.
| ISBN-13: | 9780230114906 |
| ISBN-10: | 0230114903 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication date: | 2011-06-13 |
| Edition description: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 236 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9 Inches, Length: 6 Inches, Weight: 0.9700339528 Pounds, Width: 1 Inches |
| Author: | W. Meier |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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