Criminology, Sociology, Crime, History, Cross-cultural studies 

This book aims to both reflect and take forward current thinking on comparative and cross-national and cross-cultural aspects of the history of crime. Its content is wide-ranging: some chapters discuss the value of comparative approaches in aiding understanding of comparative history, and providing research directions for the future; others address substantive issues and topics that will be of interest to those with interests in both history and criminology. Overall the book aims to broaden the focus of the historical context of crime and policing to take fuller account of cross-national and cross-cultural factors.  

Introduction: do you have plane-spotters in new Zealand? Issues in comparative crime history at the turn of modernity / Barry S. Godfrey, Clive Emsley and Graeme Dunstall -- It's a small world after all? Reflections on violence in comparative perspectives / John Carter Wood -- Moral panics and violent street crime 1750-2000: a comparative perspective / Peter King -- 'The great murder mystery' or explaining declining homicide rates / Maria Kapersson -- Strangers, mobilization and the production of weak ties: railway traffic and violence in nineteenth-century South-West Germany / Susanne Karstedt -- 'Inventing' the juvenile delinquent in nineteenth-century Europe / Heather Shore -- 'Scoundrels and scallywags, and some honest men...' Memories and the self-image of French and English policemen c.1870-1939 / Paul Lawrence -- Policing the seaside holiday: Blackpool and San Sebastian from the 1870s to the 1930s / John K. Walton -- 'The greatest efficiency': British and American military law, 1866-1918 / Gerry Oram -- The decline and renaissance of shame in modern penal systems / John Pratt -- Practical and philosophical dilemmas in cross-cultural research: the future of comparative crime history? / Bronwyn Morrison.  

Includes bibliographical references and index.