Reconstructing the criminal : culture, law, and policy in England, 1830-1914 / Martin J. Wiener.

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

ix, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Dillons

Introduction : criminal policy as cultural history -- The origins of Victorianism : impulse and moralization -- Victorian criminal policy I : reforming the law -- Victorian criminal policy II : reformed punishment -- A changing human image -- Late Victorian social policy : a changing context -- The de-moralizing of criminality -- Prosecution and sentencing : the erosion of moral discourse -- Disillusion with the prison -- The outcome : social debility and positive punishment.

Includes bibliographic references and index