Jeremy Bentham on Police

THE UNKNOWN STORY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR CRIMINOLOGY.

ISBN: 978-1-78735-617-7 (PDF)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787356177

Jeremy Bentham’s ideas on punishment are famous. Every criminology student learns about Bentham, and every criminologist contends with him, as advocate or opponent. This discourse concerns his ideas about punishment, namely with respect to legislation and the panopticon. Yet, scholars and students are generally ignorant of Bentham’s ideas on police. Hitherto, these ideas have been largely unknowable. Now, thanks to UCL’s Bentham Project, these ideas are public. Jeremy Bentham on Police celebrates this achievement by exploring the story of Bentham’s writings on police and considering their relevance to the past, present and future of criminology