Crimes, Constables, and Courts
Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816-1970
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 1995
- Category
- Courts
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773512740
- Publish Date
- Feb 1995
- List Price
- $110.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773512757
- Publish Date
- Feb 1995
- List Price
- $45.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773565227
- Publish Date
- Feb 1995
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
Using Hamilton, Ontario, as his model, Weaver makes extensive use of newspaper accounts and police, court, and jail records in a revealing exploration of individual crime cases and overall trends in crime. Tracing the origin and evolution of courts, juries, police, and punishments, Weaver takes into account various social and cultural issues. For example, he shows how increasing centralization and professionalization of the criminal justice system and police have deprived communities of input, and how the legal system continues to be male dominated and biased against newcomers, strangers, and marginalized social groups. Often critical of the "state," Weaver paints a sympathetic view of police constables, who play an ambiguous role in the community while being saddled with an expanding array of onerous duties.
Crimes, Constables, and Courts is history at its best - informative, entertaining, and accessible with a lively human element woven throughout.
"Truly outstanding." Rod C. Macleod, Department of History, University of Alberta.
About the author
John C. Weaver is University Professor at McMaster University, and the author of The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900.
Editorial Reviews
"A substantial, original contribution to legal and social history as well as historical criminology." Barry Wright, Department of Law, Carleton University.
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