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Tales from the German Underworld : Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth Century
Tales from the German Underworld Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth Century Author:Richard J. Evans Through the means of four powerful and extraordinary narratives about a forgerer, a drunken female vagrant, a con man, and a prostitute in nineteenth-century Germany, this book explores intriguing questions about crime and justice in that era. The stories shed light on reactions to German penal policy during a period when the physical puni... more »shment of wrongdoers gave way to the concept of incarceration.« less