The invention of international crime
Subtitle: a global issue in the making, 1881-1914
By: Paul Knepper.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780230238183
Subjects: Transnational crime -- History; Law enforcement -- International cooperation -- History
Description: "We live in the age of international crime but when did it begin? This book examines the period when crime became an international issue (1881-1914), exploring issues such as world-shrinking changes in transportation, communication and commerce, and concerns about alien criminality, white slave trading and anarchist outrages"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of FiguresIntroductionTechnologyEmpireAlien CriminalityWhite SlaveryAnarchist OutragesThe CriminologistsIndex.