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"Crime is inseparable from perception," writes Reed Ueda in his introduction to Crime: A Batch from The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. It is impossible to study criminal acts without also considering the societal views and cultural mentalities of the world in which those crimes took place. The author-historians contributing to this collection lend their expert reflections on how crime has been defined, motivated, and controlled across the globe. Spanning centuries of human history, the articles in this Batch explore such topics as taking livestock to court during the Middle Ages, the rise and fall of witchcraft prosecutions in Europe, homicide in Los Angeles, the use of deadly force by police officers in Chicago, and juvenile resistance in Nazi Germany. Dig in.
About BATCHES
The BATCHES Series from the MIT Press features collections of journal articles on themes identified by and currently resonating with readers. The collections are curated by authoritative voices in the field: editors, authors, scholars, and practitioners. Each Batch is bundled for immediate download, and the series represents the rapid, responsive innovation that the MIT Press provides to its readership.
Contents:
Introduction
Reed Ueda
Punishing Assault: The Transformation of Attitudes in the English Courts (1996)
Peter King
Infanticide, Child Abandonment, and Abortion in Imperial Germany (1998)
Jeffrey S. Richter
Jews in the Criminal-Justice System of Early Modern Germany (2000)
Maria R. Boes
Animal Trials: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2002)
Peter Dinzelbacher
Homicide in Los Angeles, 1827-2002 (2005)
Eric H. Monkkonen
Transportation Convictions during the Great Irish Famine (2006)
Nicholas Woodward
Shoot to Kill: The Use of Deadly Force by the Chicago Police, 1875-1920 (2007)
Jeffrey S. Adler
Witchcraft Prosecutions and the Decline of Magic (2009)
Edward Bever
Common Misperceptions: The Press and Victorian Views of Crime (2009)
Christopher A. Casey
Faces of Opposition: Juvenile Resistance, High Treason, and the People's Court in Nazi Germany (2013)
Wayne Geerling, Gary B. Magee, and Robert Brooks
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