Description
Book SynopsisOriginally written by Armand Corre in 1889, Crime in Creole Countries: Sketch of Criminal Ethnography establishes a natural history of crime as it has been observed in countries of old French tradition where racial divides are present and fueled by differences in tendencies, interests, and aptitudes, despite the apparent unitary formula of metropolitan assimilation. This firsthand account of the time in which the French colonies within the West Indies were transitioning from slavery to emancipation was originally intended for magistrates and doctors of the colonies, showing them under what conditions, and under what motives (those being sometimes obscured or concealed) the crimes under their appraisal occurred. Scholars of criminology, race studies, Francophone studies, and history will find this book particularly useful.
Table of ContentsList of Tables
List of Figures
Translators Note
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: General Evolution of Crime in the Creole Countries
Chapter 2: General Factors of Local Criminality
Chapter 3: Forms of Creole Crime Itself
Chapter 4: Forms of the Criminality of Importation or Indian
Conclusion
About the Translators
Index
