Introduction to the Special Issue Migrants and the Criminal Courts in Western Europe, 1600-1900

This special issue aims to shed light on a still understudied subject: how migrants were treated by the courts when they committed a crime. Historians of crime and migration, social scientists, and criminologists have produced essential research on the criminalization of migration over the centurie...

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Autor principal: Marion Pluskota
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: openjournals.nl 2023-04-01
Colección:Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
Acceso en línea:https://tseg.nl/article/view/13646
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Sumario:This special issue aims to shed light on a still understudied subject: how migrants were treated by the courts when they committed a crime. Historians of crime and migration, social scientists, and criminologists have produced essential research on the criminalization of migration over the centuries, and on how the mobility of the poorest became a contentious issue for the local and national authorities.
ISSN:1572-1701
2468-9068