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Property Crime in London, 1850–Present

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  • © 2011

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  1. William M. Meier
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: “Crime There Will Ever Be”

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    Pages 1-11

  3. Burglary in the Era of the “English Miracle,” 1850–1900

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    Pages 13-40

  4. “Adapting the Machine to Meet Them”: Traveling Thieves and the Transformation of Police Power, 1900–1939

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    Pages 41-65

  5. Women, Work, and Shoplifting in London, ca. 1890–1940

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    Pages 67-84

  6. Aristocrats of Crime: Confidence Men in the Interwar Years

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    Pages 85-108

  7. Robbery and the Making of the English Criminal Class, 1945–1975

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    Pages 109-136

  8. The Empire Connection: Smugglers and the Modernization of the British Drugs Market

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    Pages 137-158

  9. Conclusion: The Ubiquity of Crime

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    Pages 159-167

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 169-236
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About this book

This book examines London's transformation from the mid-Victorian "miracle" of low crime to a high-crime society, treating six different types of misdeed as representative of phases in the evolution of crime to argue that lawbreaking must be explained by connecting all types of offenses to their social and economic contexts.

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"The book describes property crime from the nineteenth century through to the present, a period when crime and crime control substantially modernized. It is well written and accessible without being patronizing. It is well referenced, presents a raft of supporting arguments (from contemporary printed sources primarily), deals well with complex topics, and it has a fresh feel to it. It is also one of the few books that crosses the WWI and WWII periods, and should be applauded for that." - Barry Godfrey, Professor, Research Institute of Law, Politics and Justice Keele University, UK

About the author

WILLIAM MEIER is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Miami University of Ohio, USA. 

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