The punishment of crime in colonial New York
the Dutch experience in Albany during the seventeenth century
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Word Count
89,000 words, Guess
Page Count
356 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1013292M
- ISBN-100820437646
- OCLC Control Number36201499
- Library of Congress Control Number96054253
- Goodreads5146870
Classifications
- DDC364.6/09747/09031
- LCCHV9956.A3 S85 1997
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 occured 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.
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- American university studies.
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