Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psy, Samuel Romilly, Environmental Design
26 Jan 2018
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Early europe: christopher hibbert(cid:495)s work on the history of punishment. The roots of evil: from 7th to 18th century europe, middle ages: mutilation and death common. Influence of church on laws, fines and enforcement. 10th century: example, laws of william 1. Infraction on forest rights=not only killing person but hacking his body until dead: magistrates/sheriffs were corrupt, private justice prevalent, use of torture to extract confessions and convictions. 16-17th centuries: corporal punishment-pillory, witchcraft (women) criminal. Did not adhere to the church resulting in them being locked up: vagrancy a crime, dangerous classes-bandits. Surplus military: english transportation to the colonies including us, canada and australia (1787) The context: feudalism to factory/rural to city (social unrest, end of napoleonic wars-unemployed soldiers and sailors, riots commonplace, prisons privately owned, brutal and corrupt. Caveat- a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations.
