UID:
almafu_9958914860002883
Format:
1 online resource (368 p.)
ISBN:
1-78533-657-6
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1-78238-247-X
Series Statement:
Studies in German history ; volume 16
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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part I. Criminal justice in imperial Germany -- part II. Penal reform in the Weimar Republic -- part III. Constructions of crime in the Weimar courts, media, and literature -- part IV. Criminal justice in Nazi and postwar Germany.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78238-246-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781785336577
