{"product_id":"the-civilization-of-crime","title":"The Civilization of Crime","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAlong with most of the rest\u003cbr\u003e         of Western culture, has crime itself become more \"civilized\"?\u003cbr\u003e         This book exposes as myths the beliefs that society has become more violent\u003cbr\u003e         than it has been in the past and that violence is more likely to occur\u003cbr\u003e         in cities than in rural areas.\u003cbr\u003e       The product of years of study\u003cbr\u003e         by scholars from North America and Europe, \u003ci\u003eThe Civilization of Crime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         shows that, however violent some large cities may be now, both rural and\u003cbr\u003e         urban communities in Sweden, Holland, England, and other countries were\u003cbr\u003e         far more violent during the late Middle Ages than any cities are today.\u003cbr\u003e       Contributors show that the\u003cbr\u003e         dramatic change is due, in part, to the fact that violence was often tolerated\u003cbr\u003e         or even accepted as a form of dispute settlement in village-dominated\u003cbr\u003e         premodern society. Interpersonal violence declined in the seventeenth\u003cbr\u003e         and eighteenth centuries, as dispute resolution was taken over by courts\u003cbr\u003e         and other state institutions and the church became increasingly intolerant\u003cbr\u003e         of it.\u003cbr\u003e       The book also challenges a\u003cbr\u003e         number of other historical-sociological theories, among them that contemporary\u003cbr\u003e         organized crime is new, and addresses continuing debate about the meaning\u003cbr\u003e         and usefulness of crime statistics.\u003cbr\u003e       CONTRIBUTORS: Esther Cohen,\u003cbr\u003e         Herman Diederiks, Florike Egmond, Eric A. Johnson, Michele Mancino, Eric\u003cbr\u003e         H. Monkkonen, Eva Österberg, James A. Sharpe, Pieter Spierenburg,\u003cbr\u003e         Jan Sundin, Barbara Weinberger\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edited by Eric A. Johnson and Eric H. Monkkonen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614409122172,"sku":"9780252065460","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_1d80b63a-6a18-464d-93ee-c4e1d8efad6d.jpg?v=1746711334","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-civilization-of-crime","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}