Acknowledgements
Key themes in the history of crime
Introduction: methods, themes and debates in the history of crime
Media and crime
Violence : the decline of homicide and a growing intolerance towards assault
The nature of property crime
The causes of property crime
Gender & crime in the criminal justice system : women as victims
Gender & crime: women as perpetrators of crime
Juvenile crime : from artful dodger to reformatory boy
The evolution & development of the English criminal justice system
From parlour to police court : the role of the JP and the emergence of the modern magistrate
Dogberry to detectives : policing from amateurs to professionals
Removing the victim? : the changing nature of prosecution in the courts in England
The decline and fall of the "bloody code" : the changing nature of punishment policy in the long eighteenth century
The rise and fall of incarceration
Conclusions and suggestions for future research
Bibliography
Index.