Crime, Police, and Penal Policy

Clive Emsley was educated at the University of York and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was visiting professor at the University of Paris VIII (St. Denis) and the University of Calgary, Alberta, and has held visiting research fellowships in Australia and New Zealand. He is currently Professor of History and Co-Director of the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research at the Open University, and is also President of the International Association for the History of Crime and Criminal Justice.

• 1. Introduction ; THE OLD REGIME AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT ; 2. Laws and Punishments ; 3. The Understanding and Nature of Crime ; 4. Coping with Crime ; THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA ; 5. The New French System ; 6. Crime and Police in Revolution and War ; THE DISCOVERY OF THE CRIMINAL CLASSES ; 7. Measuring a Problem ; 8. Danger in the City: Danger in the Countryside ; 9. Protection, Punishment and Reformation ; THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE ; 10. 'Scientific Criminology ; 11. New Professionals: Old Problems ; THE FACES OF PENAL WELFARE ; 12. Penal Policies and the Impact of War ; 13. Controlling and Punishing after the Great War ; 14. National Paths: Common Patterns

The book is conceptually sophisticated...It is also consistently interesting. In sum, the book is a welcome addition to the literature