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NCJ 100268
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| Title:
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Crime and Crime Control in Dadras, 1858-1947 (From Crime and Criminality in British India, P 62-88, 1985, Anand A Yand, ed.)
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| Author(s):
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D Arnold
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| Sale:
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University of Arizona Press
1615 E. Speedway
Tucson, AZ 85719
United States |
| Publication Date:
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1985 |
| Pages:
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27 |
| Type:
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Histories/historical perspectives |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Annotation:
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An analysis of police data on crime and collective violence for India's Madras Province between 1858 and 1947 indicates the nature, scale, and incidence of popular unrest as well as professional criminality. Colonial police activities were more concerned with protecting state interests than the lives and property of the citizenry. |
| Abstract:
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The primary factor associated with the incidence of crime, collective violence, and protest was the subsistence issue as reflected in grain prices, food shortages, and the speculation and hoarding of grain traders. Crime statistics also reflect reactions to changing landlord-tenant relations, to the inroads of the modern economy, and to the oppression of the moneylenders and minor political officials. The colonial government was primarily interested in stemming mass revolt. The police focused their attention on specific crimes and communities identified as ''criminal' and ''dangerous.' When the government chose to target professional criminality, it had some effect, but crimes low on the list of colonial crime control priorities thrived. The colonial police were thus more partisan and selective in crime control than the police in most modern autonomous societies. |
| Main Term(s):
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Crime control policies |
| Index Term(s):
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Political influences ; Crime patterns ; India |
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