HIST277 Chapter Notes -Private Prosecution, Quarter Session, Larceny
11 Nov 2013
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Tied to the flow of colonial warfare and british government spending. Marked by the inevitable ending of population and social instability: periods of boom and bust depending on the imperial affairs. City"s non-military population grew at disproportionate and inconsistent manners and had a rough balance between the sexes (twice as many men than women) In halifax (and other societies), crime was gendered : crime was primarily a male activity, when women did commit, the crimes followed a different nature, historians stressed the gendered nature links in female criminal and social roles and controls. History of crime and punishment: the complicated intertwining of deviance, authority, and social status. Particular aspects of experience need halifax-specific explanations: aspects: higher rates of female crime in the first decade, the law rates after. 1760, and the substantial absence of women from offence against the person: explanation: causes are grounded in the origins, social structure, immigration patterns, and economy of this na frontier and port city.
