Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany

Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany

Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany was written by and Richard F. Wetzell. The 368 page book was published by Berghahn Books in 2014 with an ISBN 10 of 178238247x. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany mentions 1 serial killers including Erwin Hagedorn. The author Richard F. Wetzell has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

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. These topics include 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 historical inquiry: it explores the changing relationship of criminal justice to psychiatry and social welfare, analyzes representations of c...