Deviance and Criminal Justice in Western Europe, 1300-1800:An Essay in Structure&Alfred Soman, Centre national de la Recherche scientifique,Paris 1
Violence, Criminality and Culture Disjunction on the Anglo-Irish Frontier: The Example of Armagh, 1350-1550&W. R. Jones, University of New Hampshire 29
Galères et Galériens en France à la Fin du ⅩⅦe Siècle:Une Image du Pouvoir Royal à l'Age Classique&André Zysberg, Centre national de la Recherche scientifique,Paris 49
Explaining Crime in Early Modern England&Timothy Curtis, Preston Polytechnic 117
Crime in Eighteenth-Century England: E. P. Thompson and the Conflict Theory of Crime&Terry Chapman, University of Alberta, Edmonton 139
Patterns of Criminality and Law Enforcement During the Ancien Regime: The Dutch Case&Herman Diederiks, University of Leiden 157
Crime and Justice in Languedoc: The Critical Years(1750-1790)&Nicole Castan, University of Toulouse-Ⅱ 175
The Somers Mutiny and Billy Budd: Melville in the&Penal Colony 186
Michael Rogin, University of California, Berkeley The Origins of the American Police-Community Relations Movement: The 1940s&Samuel E. Walker, University of Nebraska, Omaha 225
Book Reviews 247
Douglas M. MacDowell, The Law in Classical Athens. By Glenn R.Bugh. 247
Marjorie Blatcher, The Court of King's Bench, 1450-1550: A Study in Self-Help. By R. F. Hunnisett. 249
David Philips, Crime and Authority in Victorian England: The Black Country 1835-1860. By Roger Lane. 251
William B. Taylor, Drinking, Homicide, and Rebellion in Colonial Mexican Villages. By Wayne S. Osborn. 253
D. J. Bercuson and L. A. Knafla, eds., Law and Society in Canada in Historical Perspective. By Graham Parker. 255
Herbert A. Johnson, Imported Eighteenth-Century Law Treatises in American Libraries; William Hamilton Bryson, Census of Law Books in Colonial Virginia. By Peter C. Hoffer. 258
Gerard W. Gawalt, The Promise of Power: The Emergence of the Legal Profession in Massachusetts, 1760-1840. By Lawrence M.Friedman. 262
Wilbur R. Miller, Cops and Bobbies: Police Authority in New York and London, 1830-1870. By Michael Polen. 265
David R. Johnson, Policing the Urban Underworld: The Impact of Crime on the Development of the American Police, 1800-1887. By Allen Steinberg. 267
Gladys-Marie Fry, Night Riders in Black Folk History. By Gary R.Perlstein. 269
Jacqueline Dowd Hall, Revolt Against Chivalry: Jessie Daniel Ames and the Women's Campaign Against Lynching. By Juliet E. K.Walker. 270
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Violence and Reform in American History. By Clarice Feinman. 272
Robert M. Fogelson, Big City Police; Samuel Walker, A Critical History of Police Reform. By John A. Conley. 273
Ernest Kahlar Alix, Ransom Kidnapping in America, 1874-1974: The Creation of a Capital Crime. By Joel Best. 278
Jerome H. Skolnick, House of Cards: The Legalization and Control of Casino Gambling. By William Howard Moore. 281
William Ker Muir, Police: Streetcorner Politicians. By Ellen Hochstedler 283
Submissions, Subscriptions, and Professional Notes 287