HI 376

Early modern English people debated causes, procedures and punishments for crime, and how the law might discourage criminal acts. The result was a series of long-term transformations in criminal law from 1600-1832 leading to the emergence of the modern prison, adversarial criminal trial, the police, public prosecution, and a shift in the role of the jury. Through original sources from the period, this course surveys changes in English criminal law and investigates the pressures that produced them. It takes a socio-legal perspective, examining the changing structure of English society, including urbanization, consumption patterns, and industrialization. {P} <br>