Rethinking the state monopolisation thesis : the historiography of policing and criminal justice in nineteenth-century England

Churchill, David

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“…Little empirical research has been undertaken to examine its flaws and put forward alternative models, however. 129 Compared to the spread of paramilitary formations after the Great War, or the handing over of security to private military contractors in present times, the belle epoque remains in current narratives one of the periods when Weber's notion of state monopoly most clearly applies. 130 Certainly, state intervention in repressing crime and social disorder had grown significantly since the early nineteenth century.…”

Section: Between Progress and Atrocitymentioning

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Belle Epoque in Arms? Armed Associations and Processes of Democratization in Pre-1914 Europe

Millan

2021

The Journal of Modern History

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In July 1904, over two thousand amateur cyclists took part in one of the first national conferences of the Italian cycling association Audax in Brescia. In addition to taking part in parades, races, and banquets, some of them participated in a military exercise alongside the regular army. This war game simulated a landing of Austrian troops-though the Habsburg Monarchy was an ally of the Kingdom of Italy at that time-and its purpose was to test the use of civilian volunteer cyclists for patrolling services. The cyclists received mod.91 rifles from the military-the same model used by regular troops at war-and set off to ride the length of the western shore of Lake Garda. Meanwhile, a few troops, along with military officials and ladies of high society, embarked on the steamer Agostino Depretis to play the invaders. As soon as the landing forces approached shore, the volunteer cyclists got them in their sights, and, down on their stomachs, fired blanks with their rifles, while the officials and ladies watched the scene with their binoculars. The drill was deemed a great success and considered to have fully achieved the goals of the cyclists' "spontaneous initiative": "tourism, if wisely applied and developed, can contribute to the education of youth and the defense of the country," commented the cyclists' monthly. 1 In 1908, the Ministry of War eventually recognized and supported the establishment of a "civilian organization" called the National Corps of Volunteer Cyclists and Motorists. This was just one of the large number of armed associations that were springing up across

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Section: Between Progress and Atrocitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Belle Epoque in Arms? Armed Associations and Processes of Democratization in Pre-1914 Europe

Millan

2021

The Journal of Modern History

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“…Não obstante as múltiplas variações do padrão weberiano de apropriação estatal do uso legítimo da violência, a concentração do direito de punir no estado subjugou a sua utilização ao interesse público, por oposição à dispersão entre diferentes atores públicos e privados que, anteriormente, poderiam executar o exercício do poder punitivo (Hespanha, 2012;Churchill, 2014). O desenvolvimento do direito penal contribuiu grandemente para esta transformação, apresentando-se, simultaneamente, como uma construção orientada para o combate ao crime e para a salvaguarda dos direitos fundamentais dos cidadãos.…”

Section: Estado Controlo Social E Sistema Penalunclassified

Abolição da pena de morte e mudança institucional: Portugal, 1867

Vaz

Estevens

2020

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O artigo analisa a abolição de pena de morte para crimes civis em Portugal (1867), interpretando-a num quadro de mudança institucional. Argumenta-se que esta abolição teve origem numa efetiva penetração das ideias liberais transacionais na elite portuguesa e foi possibilitada pela acalmia no ambiente securitário nacional e transnacional. Tal permitiu que o estado se focasse no desenvolvimento da sociedade portuguesa e na sua modernização. Este progresso não poderia acontecer pela via socioeconómica, restando o progresso moral ou civilizacional como o caminho possível para alimentar a estratégia de progresso na segunda metade de Oitocentos.

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“…This 'received history' fuses classic studies of modernization and criminal justice (Christie, 1977;Silver, 1967;Spitzer, 1979;Spitzer and Scull, 1977) with the 'new classics' of fin-de-siècle criminology detailed above. 2 The result is a narrative centred on the rise and fall of the monopolistic criminal justice state (Churchill, 2014). According to this account, the governance of crime before the 19th century fell chiefly to local communities and private individuals: prosecution was a private responsibility; formal policing was driven by volunteers; state punishments, though exceptionally severe, were sparsely deployed.…”

Section: Stages and Transitions In The Governance Of Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

History, periodization and the character of contemporary crime control

Churchill

2018

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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In recent decades, several highly influential studies have sought to articulate the changed and changing character of contemporary crime control in its historical context. While the substantive claims of these studies have attracted close scrutiny, there has been remarkably little analysis of the historiographical apparatus underpinning them. As a result, criminology has neglected to develop a valuable, critical vantage point on how crime and justice in our own times are understood. This article advances discussion of contemporary crime control by critically assessing the historiographical foundations of existing studies. Furthermore, it outlines a new approach to analysing the governance of crime through time, which might facilitate a more empirically robust and satisfactory characterization of contemporary crime control. More broadly, the article signals the significance of history and historiography for contemporary criminological scholarship, and reflects upon the advantages of developing a more fully historical criminology.

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Rethinking the state monopolisation thesis : the historiography of policing and criminal justice in nineteenth-century England

Cited by 17 publications

References 45 publications

Belle Epoque in Arms? Armed Associations and Processes of Democratization in Pre-1914 Europe

Belle Epoque in Arms? Armed Associations and Processes of Democratization in Pre-1914 Europe

Abolição da pena de morte e mudança institucional: Portugal, 1867

History, periodization and the character of contemporary crime control

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