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Crime, regulation and control during the Blitz : protecting the population of bombed cities

Title
Crime, regulation and control during the Blitz : protecting the population of bombed cities / Peter Adey, David J. Cox and Barry Godfrey.
Author
Adey, Peter
Publication
London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

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Additional Authors
  • Cox, David J.
  • Godfrey, Barry S.
Description
xii, 253 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  • "An interdisciplinary study on crime and security in blitzed British cities"--
  • "Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz looks at the social effect of bombing on urban centres like Liverpool, Coventry and London, critically examining how the wartime authorities struggled to regulate and control crime and offending during the Blitz. Focusing predominantly on Liverpool, it investigates how the authorities and citizens anticipated the aerial war, and how the State and local authorities proposed to contain and protect a population made unruly, potentially deviant and drawn into a new landscape of criminal regulation. Drawing on a range of contemporary sources, the book throws into relief today's experiences of war and terror, the response in crime and deviancy, and the experience and practices of preparedness in anticipation of terrible threats. The authors reveal how everyday activities became criminalised through wartime regulations and explore how other forms of crime such as looting, theft and drunkenness took on a new and frightening aspect. Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz offers a critical contribution to how we understand crime, security, and regulation in both the past and the present"--
Series Statement
History of crime, deviance and punishment
Uniform Title
History of crime, deviance and punishment series.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I: Preparation -- 1. Anticipation and Preparation for the Blitz -- 2. The Nervous System of Police Control and War-Time Regulation -- Part II: Blitz -- 3. Wartime Crime and Criminalisation -- 4. Measuring Crime and Disorder, and Maintaining Morale -- 5. Preventing and Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency -- 6. Controlling Movement in the City -- 7. The Black Market and Circuits of Criminality -- Part III: Aftermath -- 8. The Legacy of the Blitz -- Conclusion: Living with Terror.
Call Number
JFE 16-3859
ISBN
  • 9781441159953
  • 1441159959
  • 9781441143587 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781441148421 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015034258
OCLC
890178218
Author
Adey, Peter, author.
Title
Crime, regulation and control during the Blitz : protecting the population of bombed cities / Peter Adey, David J. Cox and Barry Godfrey.
Publisher
London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
History of crime, deviance and punishment
History of crime, deviance and punishment series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Cox, David J., author.
Godfrey, Barry S., author.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-3859
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