Crime in England: 1550-1800: 3 (Routledge Library Editions: The History of Crime and Punishment) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1138942782 ISBN 13: 9781138942783

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This volume, first published in 1977, brings together eleven studies of crime and the administration of the criminal law in England during the early modern period. They represent a variety of approaches – legal, historical and sociological – to the study of historical crime. The initial essay in this study, which is written from a legal standpoint, is the first coordinated account of the structure of criminal law administration in this formative period. It is followed by investigations into the nature and incidence of crime, court appearance and punishment, separate studies of witchcraft, infanticide and poaching, and an account of conditions in eighteenth-century Newgate. This book will be of particular interest to students of criminology and history.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138942782
• ISBN 13: 9781138942783
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380
• Editor: Cockburn J S