This title, first published in 1981, draws from an extensive range of national and local material, and examines how innovations in policy and administration, wh
This set reissues ten books that explore the history of crime and punishment. The titles, which were originally published between 1970 and 1988, examine many di
Qualities of Mercy deals with the history of mercy, the remittance of punishments in the criminal law. The writers probe the discretionary use of power and inqu
This text analyzes the theories and methodological problems inherent in the study of crime and justice in American history. The contributors assess the efficien
This book explores the history of Dartmoor War Prison (1805-16). This is not the well-known Victorian convict prison, but a less familiar penal institution, con