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Quantification and the history of crime in early modern England: problems and results

Quantifizierung und die Geschichte der Kriminalität im frühen modernen England: Probleme und Resultate
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Sharpe, J. A.

Abstract

Der vorliegende Beitrag diskutiert einige statistische und methodologische Probleme der historischen Sozialforschung des Strafrechtswesens der frühen Neuzeit. Dazu werden die Ergebnisse neuerer Gemeindestudien und nationaler Studien referiert und kommentiert, die sich mit der Geschichte der Kriminal... view more

Der vorliegende Beitrag diskutiert einige statistische und methodologische Probleme der historischen Sozialforschung des Strafrechtswesens der frühen Neuzeit. Dazu werden die Ergebnisse neuerer Gemeindestudien und nationaler Studien referiert und kommentiert, die sich mit der Geschichte der Kriminalität im frühen modernen Großbritannien befassen. Beschrieben wird ein Zeitreihen-Trend der Kriminalität, der sich aus diesen Studien ableiten läßt. Abschließend wird gezeigt, daß die Modernisierungstheorie die Entwicklung der Kriminalität im frühen modernen Großbritannien nicht adäquat zu erfassen vermag. (pmb)... view less


'The essay discusses some of the statistical and methodological problems in criminal justice historical research, especially in regard to the early modern period. It also reviews many of the recent community and national studies in the historiography of criminality in early modern Britain and it att... view more

'The essay discusses some of the statistical and methodological problems in criminal justice historical research, especially in regard to the early modern period. It also reviews many of the recent community and national studies in the historiography of criminality in early modern Britain and it attempts to describe the time-series trends in criminality that emerge from these studies. Finally it argues that a modernisation theory does not appear to fit the criminal trends in early modern Britain.' (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
statistical analysis; methodology; modernization; quantification; historical social research; criminality; modern times; Great Britain; execution of sentence

Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law

Document language
English

Publication Year
1990

Page/Pages
p. 17-32

Journal
Historical Social Research, 15 (1990) 4

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.15.1990.4.17-32

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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