The .14-18 Century England Crime And The Local Social Order

This thesis inquiried into the problem of the relationship between crime and thelocal order in 14th-18th century England .1 want to know whether Englandresisted the increase of criminality and kept the social stability.This dissertation consists of four chapter.Chapter one .first, I introduce the general situation that western scholars studying of the crime history of England from recent 30 years ,including the material and the method they used , some important theories problem they put forward .This field develop very rapidly , but there are many problems wait to answer .Finally, I put forward a problem that I will study . That is in a transformational society , how it crime became , how it local officials to reply for it .1 want to answer whether the management to crime was successful.Chapter 2 introduced the situation of crime in 14th-15th century .In this period ,England is a rural society as of whole ,the character of it crime was consistent with the rural society . Because of the restrict of the material, I commence the analysis of felony mainly.I also analysis the social character of offender and victim.Chapter 3 introduced the situation of crime in 16th-17th century . In thisperiod , great movement happened , crime became a serious social problem .The biggest charactertics is there is transition of crime of from countryside to city , particularly the property offenses.There also are new character in organization of crime and crime of female .Finally, I introduced the social crime that of a special form England scholar definition.Chapter 4 and chapter 5 introduced how petty constable and justice of the peace enforced the law . Because they were local people who hadmore wealth and ability, knowing the local situation fully, handling the problem flexibly, won large civil to participate their work , they succeeded in supervise crime .Finally , I believe although the problem of crime in the period of transformation was serious , because of the effective supervise and its close contact of justice and public ,it had a relatively stable circumstance.