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Crime and authority in eighteenth century England

Kriminalität und Macht im 18.Jahrhundert in England
[journal article]

Oberwittler, Dietrich

Abstract

Die Geschichte der Kriminalität und des Strafrechtswesens ist für einige Jahre ein intensives Forschungsfeld der englischen Sozialgeschichte gewesen. Der vorliegende Artikel verfolgt zwei Absichten: (1) Ein Übersichtsbericht der sozialgeschichtlichen Forschungen zur Kriminalität und Strafjustiz im 1... view more

Die Geschichte der Kriminalität und des Strafrechtswesens ist für einige Jahre ein intensives Forschungsfeld der englischen Sozialgeschichte gewesen. Der vorliegende Artikel verfolgt zwei Absichten: (1) Ein Übersichtsbericht der sozialgeschichtlichen Forschungen zur Kriminalität und Strafjustiz im 18. Jahrhundert; (2) Die Funktionsweise des Strafrechtswesens unterhalb der Ebene der Strafgerichte. Die Analyse von juristischen Unterlagen ergibt dabei Hinweise auf die informellen Wege wie Delinquenz auf der lokalen Ebene und im Vorfeld der Gerichte gehandhabt worden ist. (pmb)... view less


'The history of crime and the criminal justice system has been a field of intensive research in the English social history for some years. This article pursues a twofold aim: Firstly, it is intended to give a broad overview over the social history of eighteenth-century crime and criminal justice in ... view more

'The history of crime and the criminal justice system has been a field of intensive research in the English social history for some years. This article pursues a twofold aim: Firstly, it is intended to give a broad overview over the social history of eighteenth-century crime and criminal justice in England, discussing different approaches and methodological questions. In the second part, the focus will be on the actual working of the criminal justice system on the level below the criminal courts where it was the task of the justices of the peace to enforce the law. As the analysis of justices' notebooks reveals, informal ways of dealing with delinquency were common on this local level. The importance of these findings for the character of the criminal justice system and authority in general will be assessed in part three.' (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
jurisdiction; domination; power; eighteenth century; criminality; Great Britain; execution of sentence; social history

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

Document language
English

Publication Year
1990

Page/Pages
p. 3-34

Journal
Historical Social Research, 15 (1990) 2

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.15.1990.2.3-34

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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