Crime, Police, and Penal Policy: European Experiences 1750-1940 Book

Abbreviations     xi
Introduction     1
The Old Regime and the Enlightenment
Laws and Punishments     17
The Understanding and Nature of Crime     41
Coping with Crime     57
The Revolutionary Era
The New French System     77
Crime and Police in Revolution and War     96
The Discovery of the Criminal Classes
Measuring a Problem     117
Danger in the City: Danger in the Countryside     135
Protection, Punishment, and Reformation     160
The Application of Science
'Scientific' Criminology     181
New Professionals: Old Problems     200
The Faces of Penal Welfare
Penal Policies and the Impact of War     227
Policing and Punishing after the War     246
National Paths: Common Patterns     267
Bibliographical Note     275
Index     279