Urbanization and crime: Germany, 1871-1914
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 per...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge University Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2002 |
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Dem E-Book Ausgabe 2009 von CUP liegt die First paperback edition 2002 zu Grunde. - Die erste Ausgabe stammt von 1995 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 246 S.) Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780511572524 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511572524 |