Crime in Its Relations to Social Progress / / Arthur Cleveland Hall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hall, Arthur Cleveland,
• MitwirkendeR: Giddings, Franklin H.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1902]; ©1902
• Year of Publication: 1902
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (442 p.)

Explores the evolution of crime and punishment in the Nineteenth century to primitive cultures and early European society. Specifically addresses the definition of crime and social punishment in different cultures and in the animal kingdom, as well as the effectiveness of legislation and social punishment.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- The Author’s Preface -- Introduction -- Table of Contents -- I. The Evolutionary Function and Usefulness of Crime and Punishment -- II. Social Punishment Among Animals -- III. Crime Among Savages -- IV. Savage Races in Australia, America, Asia and Africa -- V. The European Aryans -- VI. The Anglo-Saxons in England. 449 to 1066 -- VII. England Under Normans and Plantagenets. 1066–1307 -- VIII. Parliamentary Government and the New Feudalism. 1307–1485 -- IX. Tudor England. 1485–1603 -- X. England under the Stuarts. 1603–1714 -- XI. Modern England -- XII. Has Crime Increased During the Nineteenth Century? -- XIII. Is Punishment Powerless Against Crime? -- XIV. The Trend of Crime in Modern Times. A Brightening Outlook -- XV. An Ethical Theory of Crime -- Appendix I. Special Forms of English Crime -- Appendix II. Statistics of England and Wales -- Bibliography -- Index -- Errata