Introduction
Laws and punishments
The understanding and nature of crime
Coping with crime
The new French system
Crime and police in revolution and war
Measuring a problem
Danger in the city : danger in the countryside
Protection, punishment, and reformation
'Scientific' criminology
New professionals : old problems
Penal policies and the impact of war
Policing and punishing after the war
National paths : common patterns.
Crime, police, and penal policy : European experiences 1750-1940 by Clive Emsley. ISBN 9780199202850. Published by Oxford University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.