Crimes, constables and courts : order and transgression in a Canadian city, 1816-1970 /
Using Hamilton, Ontario, as his model, Weaver makes extensive use of newspaper accounts and police, court, and jail records in a revealing exploration of individual crime cases and overall trends in crime. Tracing the origin and evolution of courts, juries, police, and punishments, Weaver takes into...
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
1995.
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