Crime in Historical Perspective

*NO INTRODUCTION/CONCLUSION

*Essay Question: Discuss changes to <Financial assistance to prosecutors> in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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*Godfrey, Barry and Lawrence, Paul (2015), Crime and Justice since 1750, second edition, Routledge: London, Chapters 3-4.
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READ ALSO :   EXPLAIN THE LAWS CONCERNING ASSISTED SUICIDE AND EXPLAIN THE BIBLICAL VIEWPOINT ON ASSISTED SUICIDE.

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