Crime and Justice in Early Modern England
Crime and Justice in Early Modern England

Author: Gregory Durston

Publisher: Barry Rose Law Pub Limited

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 912

ISBN-13: 9781902681412

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Although, in recent decades, the study of England's early modern crime problems and its criminal justice system has flourished, there has been a general tendency for existing studies to focus either on crime, largely the province of social historians, or procedure, which is frequently left to legal historians. However, the two were inextricably interlinked: crimes were primarily defined by their legal consequences and trials were shaped by the social background to offences. The aim of Gregory Durston's book is to treat the subject holistically, from initial deviance, via detection, arrest and prosecution to final penal disposal. Thus, crime, policing, court structure, criminal trial procedure and punishment are each given detailed consideration in this tripartite study. Additionally, in a field that has become increasingly dominated by micro-histories at the expense of geographically and chronologically broader studies, Dr. Durston aims to explore wider themes while also providing a thorough account of the era's crime problems and justice system.

Crime in Early Modern England 1550-1750
Crime in Early Modern England 1550-1750

Author: James A Sharpe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1317891775

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Still the only general survey of the topic available, this widely-used exploration of the incidence, causes and control of crime in Early Modern England throws a vivid light on the times. It uses court archives to capture vividly the everyday lives of people who would otherwise have left little mark on the historical record. This new edition - fully updated throughout - incorporates new thinking on many issues including gender and crime; changes in punishment; and literary perspectives on crime.

Crime, Gender and Social Order in Early Modern England
Crime, Gender and Social Order in Early Modern England

Author: Garthine Walker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-06-12

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1139435116

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An extended study of gender and crime in early modern England. It considers the ways in which criminal behaviour and perceptions of criminality were informed by ideas about gender and order, and explores their practical consequences for the men and women who were brought before the criminal courts. Dr Walker's innovative approach demonstrates that, contrary to received opinion, the law was often structured so as to make the treatment of women and men before the courts incommensurable. For the first time, early modern criminality is explored in terms of masculinity as well as femininity. Illuminating the interactions between gender and other categories such as class and civil war have implications not merely for the historiography of crime but for the social history of early modern England as a whole. This study therefore goes beyond conventional studies, and challenges hitherto accepted views of social interaction in the period.

Crime, Gender and Social Control in Early Modern Frankfurt am Main
Crime, Gender and Social Control in Early Modern Frankfurt am Main

Author: Jeannette Kamp

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 9004388443

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This book charts the lives of (suspected) thieves, illegitimate mothers and vagrants in early modern Frankfurt. The book highlights the gender differences in recorded criminality and the way that they were shaped by the local context. Women played a prominent role in recorded crime in this period, and could even make up half of all defendants in specific European cities. At the same time, there were also large regional differences. Women’s crime patterns in Frankfurt were both similar and different to those of other cities. Informal control within the household played a significant role and influenced the prosecution patterns of authorities. This impacted men and women differently, and created clear distinctions within the system between settled locals and unsettled migrants.

The State and Social Change in Early Modern England, 1550–1640
The State and Social Change in Early Modern England, 1550–1640

Author: S. Hindle

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2000-03-02

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0230288464

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This is a study of the social and cultural implications of the growth of governance in England in the century after 1550. It is principally concerned with the role played by the middling sort in social and political regulation, especially through the use of the law. It discusses the evolution of public policy in the context of contemporary understandings, of economic change; and analyses litigation, arbitration, social welfare, criminal justice, moral regulation and parochial analyses administration as manifestations of the increasing role of the state in early modern England.