Recovering Bentham’s thoughts on policing and what they mean for criminology today.
Jeremy Bentham theorized the panopticon as modern policing emerged across the British Empire, yet while his theoretical writing became canonical in criminology, his perspective on the police remains obscure. Jeremy Bentham on Police recovers the reformer’s writings on policing alongside a series of essays that demonstrate their significance to the past, present, and future of criminology.
Pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publisher
UCL Press
Release
January 05, 2022
ISBN
1787356418
ISBN 13
9781787356412
Jeremy Bentham on Police: The Unknown Story and What It Means for Criminology
Recovering Bentham’s thoughts on policing and what they mean for criminology today.
Jeremy Bentham theorized the panopticon as modern policing emerged across the British Empire, yet while his theoretical writing became canonical in criminology, his perspective on the police remains obscure. Jeremy Bentham on Police recovers the reformer’s writings on policing alongside a series of essays that demonstrate their significance to the past, present, and future of criminology.