Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816-1970 eBook

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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.

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Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816-1970 is written by John C. Weaver and published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Crimes, Constables, and Courts are 9780773565227, 0773565221 and the print ISBNs are 9780773512757, 0773512756. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780773512740.