Eric A. Johnson

Urbanization and Crime

Germany 1871 1914

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of urban crime in Imperial Germany, questioning whether cities, in themselves, cause crime.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780521527002
• ISBN-10: 0521527007
• Artikelnr.: 21422985

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The criminal justice system: safe streets in a well-organized police state
2. Popular opinion: crime as a 'foreign' concept
3. Long-term trends: the modernization of crime and the modernization of German society
4. Urban-rural difference, ethnicity and hardship: cities are not to blame
5. Criminals and victims: the crucial importance of gender
6. Conclusion: crime rates, crime theories and German society.