Bibliograph

Crime in England, 1550-1800, edited by J.S. Cockburn

Type

Label

Crime in England, 1550-1800, edited by J.S. Cockburn

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crime in England, 1550-1800

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1195439907

Responsibility statement

edited by J.S. Cockburn

Series statement

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

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