Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany /

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Imprint:New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Studies in German History
Studies in German history.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11675671
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Other authors / contributors:Wetzell, Richard F., editor.
ISBN:178238247X
9781782382478
9781782382461
1782382461
9781306192194
1306192196
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The history of criminal justice in modern Germany has become a vibrant field of research, as demonstrated in this volume. Following an introductory survey, the twelve chapters examine major topics in the history of crime and criminal justice from Imperial Germany, through the Weimar and Nazi eras, to the early postwar years, including case studies of criminal trials, the development of juvenile justice, and the efforts to reform the penal code, criminal procedure, and the prison system. The collection also reveals that the history of criminal justice has much to contribute to other areas of.
Other form:Print version: Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany. 9781782382461 1782382461