Quotes 2 Flashcards
‘criminality tended to be seen as, essentially, a class problem’
Emsley
‘undergoing change throughout the C19th as individual / moralistic explanations ceded ground to more collective, scientific theories’
Lawrence
theft was constant, economic crises weren’t
Henri Joly
drunkenness is a ‘faithful companion’ of the poor
Prosper Despine
poor unable to adapt to urbanisation - fall ‘prey’
Charles Frere
‘positively keen to correct public perceptions’
Lawrence
‘alcohol abused was linked by the police… were remarkably non-judgemental’
Lawrence
‘corrupting influences of slum life’
Lawrence
‘real need’
Lawrence
‘propensity towards generalisation’
Lawrence
‘familiarity did not breed contempt’
Lawrence
‘growth of the modern state and the police evolved hand in hand’
Merriman
‘all seeing eye’
Merriman
‘extending the reach not only of the state but also of a national culture’
Merriman
increasing ‘bureaucratisation of a crucial institution’
Merriman