Crime and Society in England 1750-1900 explores the developments in policing, the courts, and the penal system as England became increasingly industrialised and urbanised. This updated new edition explores the most recent research, such as the increased focus on ethnicity and gender, and is the ideal introduction for students of modern crime.

1. Introduction: crime and the law
2. The statistical map
3. Class perceptions
4. Ethnicity and gender
5. Perceptions of place
6. Fiddles, perks and pilferage
7. The criminal class and perceptions of criminals
8. Prosecutors and the courts
9. Detection and prevention: the old police and the new
10. Punishment and reformation
11. Concluding remarks

Further reading: further research

Index

Clive Emsley is Emeritus Professor of History at the Open University. His books include Hard Men: Violence in England since 1750 (2005); Crime Police and Penal Policy: European Experiences 1750-1940 (2007); The Great British Bobby (2009); Crime and Society in Twentieth Century England (2011); Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief: Crime and the British Armed Services since 1914 (2013); Napoleon (2014); and Exporting British Policing during the Second World War (2017).