Calgary: a study of crime, offenders and the police court, 1929-1934

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dc.contributor.advisorKnafla, Louis A.
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Neil Bruce, 1954-
dc.coverage.spatial20000055en
dc.coverage.spatial200000398en
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-19T22:14:12Z
dc.date.available2005-07-19T22:14:12Z
dc.date.issued1978
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 141.en
dc.description.abstractThe decade of the 1930s in Canada has been characterized as a period of turbulence, social unrest and at times lawlessness. The more dramatic manifestations of the violence and disorder associated with the protests of the unemployed have been chronicled. Unfortunately, of the little commentary which exists on the general incidence of crime, the bulk consists of unsubstantiated and often contradictory personal observations. Certainly, a systematic examination of the pattern of crime, the offenders or the response of the police and the judiciary has been approached only reluctantly. This is particularly surprising in view of the availability of the most relevant sources for such an enquiry: police and court records. This study quantitatively addresses these questions through the examination of a single community--Calgary--both before and during the Depression. Arrest books of the municipal police for the selected years 1929 and 1934 supplemented by police court records and documents relating to civic government fonn the evidential basis of the analysis. The police records indicate the offence charged, the characteristics of those arrested and the disposition. From this one may assess the impact of the Depression on the amount or kind of crime committed by certain types of offenders and in turn the effect this had on the treatment of offenders. The relationship between poverty and crime as well as assumptions about the degree of judicial punitiveness in an economic crisis may therefore be tested. An investigation of these questions is imperative to a more thorough understanding of our social and legal response to the conditions of the 1930s.
dc.format.extentix, 141 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier82481088en
dc.identifier.citationWatson, N. B. (1978). Calgary: a study of crime, offenders and the police court, 1929-1934 (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18391en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/18391
dc.identifier.lccHV 6810 C34 W36 1978 Microficheen
dc.identifier.other82481088en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/15577
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject.lccHV 6810 C34 W36 1978 Microficheen
dc.subject.lcshCrime and criminals - Alberta - Calgary
dc.subject.lcshCalgary (Alta.) - Social conditions
dc.titleCalgary: a study of crime, offenders and the police court, 1929-1934
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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