Description

Book Synopsis
The history of crime is an exciting field, forming one aspect of a much wider increase in interest in social history as a whole. This book, based on a detailed study of court records in Essex between 1620 and 1680 combines a detailed study of fluctuations in crime and punishment in a seventeenth-century English county with an analysis of the social processes which lay behind prosecution. In so doing, it marks a major contribution to the field. Dr Sharpe's objective is to break away from older treatments of crime in the period, which have depended too much on an uncritical use of literary sources, and to offer a contrast to the legal historian's perspective on the subject. He studies the reality of crime as it was tried at the courts, and as it was experienced by both criminals and victims.

Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction: 1. Problems, sources and methods; 2. Essex: a county and its government; Part II. 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 III. Offences against property and the person: 7. Property offences; 8. Crimes of violence; Part IV. 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.

Crime in SeventeenthCentury England A County Study Past and Present Publications

    Product form

    A Paperback by J. A. Sharpe

    £39.34

    Includes FREE delivery

    Order before 4pm tomorrow for delivery by Tue 15 Sep 2026.

    15 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Crime in SeventeenthCentury England A County Study Past and Present Publications by J. A. Sharpe

      Book details

      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 11 June 2008
      ISBN-13 9780521089470
      978-0521089470
      ISBN-10 0521089476
      Also in:
      Crime and criminology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The history of crime is an exciting field, forming one aspect of a much wider increase in interest in social history as a whole. This book, based on a detailed study of court records in Essex between 1620 and 1680 combines a detailed study of fluctuations in crime and punishment in a seventeenth-century English county with an analysis of the social processes which lay behind prosecution. In so doing, it marks a major contribution to the field. Dr Sharpe's objective is to break away from older treatments of crime in the period, which have depended too much on an uncritical use of literary sources, and to offer a contrast to the legal historian's perspective on the subject. He studies the reality of crime as it was tried at the courts, and as it was experienced by both criminals and victims.

      Table of Contents
      Part I. Introduction: 1. Problems, sources and methods; 2. Essex: a county and its government; Part II. 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 III. Offences against property and the person: 7. Property offences; 8. Crimes of violence; Part IV. 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.

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account