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Current trends in the history of crime and criminal justice: some conclusions, with special references to the Swedish experience

Gegenwärtige Trends in der Geschichte der Kriminalität und der Kriminaljustiz: einige Schlußfolgerungen mit besonderen Bezügen zu schwedischen Erfahrungen
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Sundin, Jan

Abstract

Der vorliegende Essay resümiert teilweise den Ertrag der Beiträge des vorliegenden Sammelbands für das Forschungsthema 'Quantifizierung und die Geschichte des Strafrechtswesens in internationaler Perspektive'. Darüberhinaus werden einige neuere schwedische Studien zum Thema vorgestellt. Diese Arbeit... view more

Der vorliegende Essay resümiert teilweise den Ertrag der Beiträge des vorliegenden Sammelbands für das Forschungsthema 'Quantifizierung und die Geschichte des Strafrechtswesens in internationaler Perspektive'. Darüberhinaus werden einige neuere schwedische Studien zum Thema vorgestellt. Diese Arbeiten verstehen sich als eine Herausforderung von Elias' 'Modernisierungsthese', d.h. das über die Jahrhunderte die Gewalttätigkeiten in Gesellschaften abnehmen und Diebstahlsdelikte sich häufen. Im Großen und Ganzen läßt sich solch ein Trend (zumindest für Schweden) nicht bestätigen. (pmb)... view less


'This essay serves as a kind of conclusion to the present volume on 'Quantification and Criminal Justice History in International Perspective'. Also it provides some specific mention of recent and significant Swedish studies on this theme, particularly those of the author and of Eva Österberg. These... view more

'This essay serves as a kind of conclusion to the present volume on 'Quantification and Criminal Justice History in International Perspective'. Also it provides some specific mention of recent and significant Swedish studies on this theme, particularly those of the author and of Eva Österberg. These studies challenge the 'modernisation thesis' of Norbert Elias and others which posit that over the centuries societies become much less violent and much more theft ridden. Whereas various local studies in Sweden do point to a trend toward decreasing violence since the late middle ages, there was no apparent and sustained rise in theft offences until after the Second World War.' (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
modernization; Elias, N.; jurisdiction; Sweden; quantitative method; historical social research; criminality; historical development; criminal law

Classification
Jurisprudence
Social History, Historical Social Research
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law

Method
empirical; historical

Document language
English

Publication Year
1990

Page/Pages
p. 184-196

Journal
Historical Social Research, 15 (1990) 4

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.15.1990.4.184-196

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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