HIST 4270: Crime and Policing in England 1550-1850
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Course examines different forms and ideas of criminality and the nature and development of law enforcement in England between 1550 and 1856. Significant issues will include the nature of criminal records and statistics, the legal system, the politics of the law and its links with social relations, policing, female crime, juvenile delinquency, organized crime, riots, 'social crime,' and the treatment of crime in creative literary texts.