Title Crime in seventeenth-century England : a county study / J.A. Sharpe

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; Paris : Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1983 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press ; Paris : Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1983

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Description vii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Past and present publications Past and present publications. Contents Part 1 Introduction -- 1. Problems, sources and methods -- 2. Essex: a county and its government -- Part 2 The face of disorder -- 3. The regulation of economic life -- 4. Drink offences -- 5. Sexual morality and sexual offences -- 6. Riot and popular disturbances -- Part 3 Offences against property and the person -- 7. Property offences -- 8. Crimes of violence -- Part 4 General themes and wider issues - 9. Punishment -- 10. Crime and the local community - 11. Overall patterns of crime in Essex, 1620-80 - 12. Concluding observations Summary Text is based on a detailed study of the fluctuations in crime and punishment between 1620 to 1680 in the county of Essex Analysis Essex Crime & punishment 1600-1700 Essex Crime & punishment, 1600-1700 Notes Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Oxford Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Oxford Bibliography Includes Bibliography : pages 272-284 and index Subject Criminals -- England -- Essex -- History -- 17th century. Crime -- England -- Essex -- History -- 17th century. Criminology -- England -- Essex -- History -- 17th century. LC no. 82023490 ISBN 0521250749

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