| The Punishment of Crime in Colonial New York: The Dutch Experience in Albany During the Seventeenth Century Contributor(s): Sullivan, Dennis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820437646 ISBN-13: 9780820437644 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $67.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - History | Europe - General - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 364.609 |
| LCCN: 96054253 |
| Series: Masterworks in the Western Tradition |
| Physical Information: 356 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based in a highly profitable fur trade, the seventeenth century Dutch criminal justice system of the upper Hudson River Valley regulated the community with an eye toward not only maintaining peaceful social relations, but also preserving the economic system that allowed the community to survive. This work examines the punishment practices of the Beverwijck/Albany court during the seventeenth century, delineating changes that occurred in those practices amid fluctuations in the fur trade and after the English conquest of New Netherland in 1664. This study shows that punishment practices were integrally linked to the economic status of the community and, after English conquest, to the introduction of English law. |