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Crime, Regulation and Control During the Blitz

Protecting the Population of Bombed Cities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvPeter Adey,David J. Cox,Barry Godfrey,Anne-Marie Kilday

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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 a population made unruly, potentially deviant and drawn into a new landscape of criminal regulation.Drawing on a range of contemporary sources, the book throws into relief today's experiences of war and terror, the response in crime and deviancy, and the experience and practices of preparedness in anticipation of terrible threats. The authors reveal how everyday activities became criminalised through wartime regulations and explore how other forms of crime such as looting, theft and drunkenness took on a new and frightening aspect. Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz offers a critical contribution to how we understand crime, security, and regulation in both the past and the present.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-03-10
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt558 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHistory of Crime, Deviance and Punishment
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781441159953

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IntroductionPart I: Preparation1. Anticipation and Preparation for the Blitz2. The Nervous System of Police Control and War-Time RegulationPart II: Blitz3. Wartime Crime and Criminalisation4. Measuring Crime and Disorder, and Maintaining Morale5. Preventing and Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency6. Controlling Movement in the City7. The Black Market and Circuits of CriminalityPart III: Aftermath8. The Legacy of the BlitzConclusion: Living with TerrorBibliographyIndex

Second to London, Liverpool and the wider Merseyside area was the most continuously bombed city in Britain during the Blitz, largely because it was a major port. In the ten months of air raids, some 4,000 people died, and the area suffered enormous loss of property. This is not a military history and is not concerned with theoretical arguments or even many literary accounts—it is truly administrative history on the ground. The authors describe how the city regulated itself to cope with the bombing. This meant burdensome restrictions on virtually all aspects of civic life, including prewar planning, enforcement of blackout regulations, rescue work, damage control, civilian evacuation, and the need to rehouse people and keep schools open. The blackout provided ample opportunity for theft from dock areas and looting of damaged property. Stolen goods often made their way to a thriving black market. In spite of some false news reports, there were no gas attacks and no widespread panic, and although many people despaired, the city managed to carry on. A fascinating, scholarly, well-documented book that will expand the history of that grim time. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries.