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Record Nr.

UNISA996247911703316

Autore

Hanawalt Barbara

Titolo

Crime and conflict in English communities, 1300-1348 [[electronic resource] /] / Barbara A. Hanawalt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Harvard University Press, 1979

ISBN

0674175808

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 358 p. )

Disciplina

364/.942

Soggetti

Crime - England - History - Sources

Criminal statistics - England

Crime - History - Sources - England

Great Britain History 14th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 325-343.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Social and Judicial Context of Fourteenth-Century Crime -- 3. The Crimes: Definitions, Patterns, and Techniques -- 4. The Suspects -- 5. The Relationship Between the Victim and the Accused -- 6. Criminal Associations and Professional Crime -- 7. External Influences on the Pattern of Crime -- 8. The Impact of Crime on Fourteenth-Century Rural Society -- Appendix A: The Problem of Missing Deliveries -- Appendix B. Influence of the Determining Powers of the Keepers of the Peace on the Volume of Cases in Gaol Delivery -- Appendix C. Influences of Changes in Law Enforcement Procedures on the Volume of Cases in Gaol Delivery -- Appendix D. Judicial Lag