The History and Romance of Crime: Modern French Prisons 9781465524263, 1465524266

The period in French prison practice treated in this volume is one of transition between the end of the Old Régime and t

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The History and Romance of Crime: Modern French Prisons
9781465524263, 1465524266

A prison of great antiquity still exists in Rome and claims precedence in date over St. Angelo. This is the Mamertine P

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THE three principal prisons in London in the fourteenth century were the Fleet, the KingÕs Bench and the Marshalsea, but

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It is as true of crime in the Orient as of other habits, customs and beliefs of the East, that what has descended from g

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An ex-convict struggles with his addictive yearning for prison. A law-abiding citizen broods over his pleasure in violen

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This latest work from an author known for her contributions to the new cultural history is a multidisciplinary investiga

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Douglas Kelly provides a comprehensive and historically valid analysis of the art of medieval French romance as the roma

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The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. T

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Originally published in 1900.

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From Sherlock Holmes to Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles to Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, Harry Lime to Gilda, Madelein

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Modern Histories of Crime and Punishment showcases a variety of disciplinary, methodological, and theoretical approaches

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