Crime And Industrial Society In The Nineteenth Century
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work in the field of social history, Crime and Industrial Society in the Nineteenth Century presents a rigorous and illuminating examination of criminality during Britain's turbulent industrial age. J. J. Tobias argues that the rise of urban industrial centres fundamentally reshaped the nature, scale, and perception of crime, drawing on a rich body of contemporary records, court documents, and statistical data. The work chronicles the lives of the criminal classes — from petty thieves and pickpockets to organised gangs — and illustrates how poverty, rapid urbanisation, and social dislocation created fertile ground for lawlessness. Written with academic authority yet accessible in tone, it details the responses of Victorian society and its nascent institutions of law enforcement to the mounting crisis of urban crime. An essential text for anyone interested in the intersection of social conditions, industrialisation, and criminology in the modern era.
Author: J. J. Tobias
Format: Paperback
Published: 1972, Pelican Books
Genre: True crime
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work in the field of social history, Crime and Industrial Society in the Nineteenth Century presents a rigorous and illuminating examination of criminality during Britain's turbulent industrial age. J. J. Tobias argues that the rise of urban industrial centres fundamentally reshaped the nature, scale, and perception of crime, drawing on a rich body of contemporary records, court documents, and statistical data. The work chronicles the lives of the criminal classes — from petty thieves and pickpockets to organised gangs — and illustrates how poverty, rapid urbanisation, and social dislocation created fertile ground for lawlessness. Written with academic authority yet accessible in tone, it details the responses of Victorian society and its nascent institutions of law enforcement to the mounting crisis of urban crime. An essential text for anyone interested in the intersection of social conditions, industrialisation, and criminology in the modern era.