1st Edition
Crime and Authority in Victorian England The Black Country 1835–1860
Tables. Graphs and Map. Abbreviations. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Crime and the Crime Figures 3. Thel Old and New Police 4. The System of Prosecution and the Prosecutors 5. The Offenders – Numbers, Trends and Characteristics 6. Property Offenders (1) – Larcenies 7. Property Offenders (2) – Receiving, Embezzlement, Fraud and Currency Offences 8. Violent Offenders 9. Conclusions. Appendices: I. Sources and Complication of the Committals Figures II. Legal Distinctions III. Population of the Black Country Towns and Parishes, 1831-61. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
David Philips (1946–2008) was, at the time of original publication, a Lecturer in History at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Comment on the first edition, written in 2009:
‘Crime and Authority was, in this writer’s opinion, one of the founding texts of criminal justice history in the English-speaking world. Anyone doing research in the field or contemplating entering it had a copy on his or her bookshelf.’ – Robert D. Storch, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Wisconsin Colleges, USA
