Urbanization and Crime : Germany 1871-1914 (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. The criminal justice system: safe streets in a well-organized police state; 2. Popular opinion: crime as a 'foreign' concept; 3. Long-term trends: the modernization of crime and the modernization of German society; 4. Urban-rural difference, ethnicity and hardship: cities are not to blame; 5. Criminals and victims: the crucial importance of gender; 6. Conclusion: crime rates, crime theories and German society.