Urbanization and Crime

Germany 1871–1914

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Gebonden, 260 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 1995
ISBN13: 9780521470179
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This 1995 book contributes to both modern German history and to the sociological understanding of crime in modern industrial and urban societies. Its central argument is that cities, in themselves, do not cause crime. It focuses on the problems of crime and criminal justice during Germany's period of most rapid urban and industrial growth - a period when Germany also rose to world power status. From 1871 to 1914, German cities, despite massive growth, socialist agitation and non-ethnic German immigration, were not particularly infested with crime. Yet the conservative political and religious elites constantly railed against the immoral nature of the city and the German governmental authorities, police, and court officials often overreacted against city populations. In so doing, they helped to set Germany on a dangerous authoritarian course.

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ISBN13:9780521470179
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:260

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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.

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