Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany /
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, t...
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2013.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Studies in German history.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Part I. Criminal Justice in Imperial Germany; 1. Justice is Blind; 2. Punishment on the Path to Socialism; 3. Reforming Women's Prisons in Imperial Germany; Part II. Penal Reform in the Weimar Republic; 4. Between Reform and Repression; 5. The Medicalization of Wilhelmine and Weimar Juvenile Justice Reconsidered; 6. Welfare and Justice; Part III. Constructions of Crime in the Weimar Courts, Media, and Literature; 7. Prostitutes, Respectable Women, and Women from "Outside"; 8. Class, Youth, and Sexuality in the Construction of the Lustmörder.
- 9. Crime and Literature in the Weimar Republic and BeyondPart IV. Criminal Justice in Nazi and Postwar Germany; 10. Serious Juvenile Crime in Nazi Germany; 11. Criminal Law after National Socialism; 12. Repressive Rehabilitation; Contributors; Bibliography; Index.