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| Crime in Nineteenth-Century Wales | | Author: | David J. V. Jones | ISBN: | 0708311423 | Format: | Handover | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | | | | | | | | Book Review | | | Crime in Nineteenth-Century Wales FROM THE CRITICS Booknews In the late 1960s a social psychologists highly critical of the laboratory-experimental approach. This text provides an account of the complex body of work that is critical of traditional psychological approaches. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Examines how crime was defined and responded to in 19th-century Wales, and queries why, after rising rapidly during the first half of the century, crimes such as theft and assault declined thereafter until 1900. The crime statistics show that Wales had, and still has, a different profile from the rest of the UK. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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