Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-3317-1 (ISBN)
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This book explores serious criminality in Scotland between 1660 and c.1700. Through in-depth analysis of the records of the Justiciary Court, Scotland’s central criminal jurisdiction, it reconstructs the meaning of ‘crime’ as understood by seventeenth-century Scots, before moving on to assess patterns of prosecution, the causes of crime, the performance of criminality, and wider response to illegal behaviour, all with a view to reconstructing the social meaning of crime. The result is an unprecedentedly detailed and systematic account of criminal behaviour which adds a completely new perspective to our understanding of early modern Scotland.
Dr Allan Kennedy is a lecturer in history at the University of Dundee. His research focuses on the political and social history of early modern Scotland, particularly the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries. His first book, Governing Gaeldom: The Scottish Highlands and the Restoration State, 1660-1688 (Leiden, 2014) won the Frank Watson Book Prize.
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations and Conventions
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Crime in Early Modern Scotland
Part I. Crime in Context
1. Conceptualising Crime
2. The Matrix of Control
3. Patterns of Prosecution and Punishment
Part II. The Experience of Crime
4. Becoming Criminal
5. Performing Crime
6. Responses and Consequences
Conclusion: The Meaning of Crime in Late-Seventeenth Century Scotland
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.8.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-3317-7 / 1399533177 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-3317-1 / 9781399533171 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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