Policing and punishment in London, 1660-1750 urban crime and the limits of terror
Beattie, John Maurice
Policing and punishment in London, 1660-1750 urban crime and the limits of terror J. M. Beattie - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002. - 512 Seiten
1. Introduction: The Crime Problem ; PART I: POLICING AND PROSECUTION ; 2. The City Magistrates and the Process of Prosecution ; 3. Constables and Other Officers ; 4. Policing the Night Streets ; 5. Detection and Prosecution: Thief-Takers 1690-1720 ; PART II: PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT ; 6. The Old Bailey in the Late Seventeenth Century ; 7. The Revolution, Crime, and Punishment in London 1690-1713 ; 8. Crime and the State 1714-1750 ; 9. William Thomson and Transportation ; 10. Conclusion ; Bibliography of Manuscript Sources ; Index
This study examines the considerable changes that took place in the criminal justice system in the City of London in the century after the Restoration, well before the inauguration of the so-called 'age of reform'. The policing institutions of the City were transformed in response to the problems created by the rapid expansion of the metropolis during the early modern period, and as a consequence of the emergence of a polite urban culture. At the same time, the Cityauthorities were instrumental in the establishment of new forms of punishment - particularly transportation to the American colonies and confinement at hard labour - that for the first time made secondary sanctions available to the English courts for convicted felons and diminished the reliance onthe terror created by capital punishment. The book investigates why in the century after 1660 the elements of an alternative means of dealing with crime in urban society were emerging in policing, in the practices and procedures of prosecution, and in the establishment of new forms of punishment.
9780199257232
1600-1750
Kriminalität
Strafverfolgung
Polizei
Polizeiliche Überwachung
Strafrecht
London
Policing and punishment in London, 1660-1750 urban crime and the limits of terror J. M. Beattie - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002. - 512 Seiten
1. Introduction: The Crime Problem ; PART I: POLICING AND PROSECUTION ; 2. The City Magistrates and the Process of Prosecution ; 3. Constables and Other Officers ; 4. Policing the Night Streets ; 5. Detection and Prosecution: Thief-Takers 1690-1720 ; PART II: PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT ; 6. The Old Bailey in the Late Seventeenth Century ; 7. The Revolution, Crime, and Punishment in London 1690-1713 ; 8. Crime and the State 1714-1750 ; 9. William Thomson and Transportation ; 10. Conclusion ; Bibliography of Manuscript Sources ; Index
This study examines the considerable changes that took place in the criminal justice system in the City of London in the century after the Restoration, well before the inauguration of the so-called 'age of reform'. The policing institutions of the City were transformed in response to the problems created by the rapid expansion of the metropolis during the early modern period, and as a consequence of the emergence of a polite urban culture. At the same time, the Cityauthorities were instrumental in the establishment of new forms of punishment - particularly transportation to the American colonies and confinement at hard labour - that for the first time made secondary sanctions available to the English courts for convicted felons and diminished the reliance onthe terror created by capital punishment. The book investigates why in the century after 1660 the elements of an alternative means of dealing with crime in urban society were emerging in policing, in the practices and procedures of prosecution, and in the establishment of new forms of punishment.
9780199257232
1600-1750
Kriminalität
Strafverfolgung
Polizei
Polizeiliche Überwachung
Strafrecht
London