Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and...
Shoemaker, Robert Brink. Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and rural Middlesex, c. 1660-1725. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1991]. xviii, 351 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $30. * Contents: pt. I. Background: 1. Introduction. Misdemeanors and Society in Preindustrial England; The Contexts: City and Country in Middlesex, 1660-1725; The Contours of this Study; 2. Options for Prosecution. Informal Mediation by Justices; Recognizances; Indictments; The Relationship between Recognizances and Indictments; Summary Conviction; Flexibility in the Choice of a Procedure; 3. Patterns of Prosecutions. The Choice of a Procedure; Types of Crime; Year-to-Year Fluctuations; pt. II. Procedures for Prosecution: 4. Informal Mediation by Justices of the Peace. Types of Settlements; Limits of Mediation; Informal Mediation in an Urban Setting; 5. Binding over by Recognizance. Offences; Informal Settlements; Unsuccessful Recognizances; Other Limitations; 6. Indictment at Quarter Sessions. Offences; Dropped Prosecutions; Obstacles to Prosecution; Verdicts; Punishments; 7. Houses of Correction. "Loose, Idle and Disorderly": Offences Punished in Houses of Correction; Summary Justice?; Punishments; Limitations; pt. III. The Contexts of Misdemeanor Prosecutions: 8. The Participants: Plaintiffs, Defendants, and Justices of the Peace. Social Status; Gender; Official Plaintiffs; Justices of the Peace; 9. The Reformation of Manners Campaign. Strategies for Prosecution; Judicial Attitudes to the Campaign; 10. Geographical Contexts. Explaining the Geographical Distribution of Prosecutions; Urban-Rural Differences; London: "an Aggregate of Various Nations"; 11. Conclusion: Law and Society in Preindustrial England.
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