Social Aspects of Crime in England between the Wars

Originally published in 1940. This ground-breaking work formed the foundation for modern criminology becoming an academic discipline within UK sociological studies. It concerns the history of crime, its causes and treatment in England during the preceding twenty-five years or so. Mannheim, through this and later studies, went on to found the criminology department at LSE.

The book offers an evaluation of the criminological implications of the War and early post-War period as well as an exami...