City of Order
Crime and Society in Halifax, 1918-35
Seiten
2013
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-2205-3 (ISBN)
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-2205-3 (ISBN)
A groundbreaking exploration of the causes and consequences of Halifax’s tough-on-crime measures in the interwar era.
Interwar Halifax was a city in flux, a place where citizens debated adopting new ideas and technologies but agreed on one thing – modernity was corrupting public morality and unleashing untold social problems on their fair city.
In this context, citizens, policy makers, and officials turned to the criminal justice system to create a bulwark against further social dislocation. Officials modernized the city’s machinery of order – courts, prisons, and the police force – and placed greater emphasis on crime control, while residents supported tough-on-crime measures and attached little importance to rehabilitation. These initiatives gave birth to a constructed vision of a criminal class that singled out ethnic minorities, working-class men, and female and juvenile offenders as problem figures in the eternal quest for order.
Michael Boudreau’s in-depth study of crime and culture in interwar Halifax, the first of its kind, shows how tough-on-crime measures can compound, rather than resolve, social inequalities and dislocations.
Interwar Halifax was a city in flux, a place where citizens debated adopting new ideas and technologies but agreed on one thing – modernity was corrupting public morality and unleashing untold social problems on their fair city.
In this context, citizens, policy makers, and officials turned to the criminal justice system to create a bulwark against further social dislocation. Officials modernized the city’s machinery of order – courts, prisons, and the police force – and placed greater emphasis on crime control, while residents supported tough-on-crime measures and attached little importance to rehabilitation. These initiatives gave birth to a constructed vision of a criminal class that singled out ethnic minorities, working-class men, and female and juvenile offenders as problem figures in the eternal quest for order.
Michael Boudreau’s in-depth study of crime and culture in interwar Halifax, the first of its kind, shows how tough-on-crime measures can compound, rather than resolve, social inequalities and dislocations.
Michael Boudreau is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at St. Thomas University.
Preface
Introduction: Crime, the Rule of Law, and Society
1 A City of Order in a Time of Turmoil: The Socio-Economic Contours of Interwar Halifax
2 The Machinery of Law and Order
3 The Social Perceptions of Crime and Criminals
4 “Miscreants” and “Desperadoes”: Halifax’s “Criminal Class”
5 Women, Crime, and the Law
6 The Ethnic Dimensions of Crime and Criminals
Conclusion: The Supremacy of Law and Order in Halifax
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Reihe/Serie | Law and Society |
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Verlagsort | Vancouver |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 510 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7748-2205-8 / 0774822058 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7748-2205-3 / 9780774822053 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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