The punishment of crime in colonial New York
Subtitle: the Dutch experience in Albany during the seventeenth century
By: Dennis Sullivan.
Series: American university studies.; v. 186
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- New York (State) -- Albany -- History -- 17th century.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- New Netherland -- History.; Punishment -- New York (State) -- Albany -- History -- 17th century.; Punishment -- New Netherland -- History.; Dutch -- New York (State) -- History -- 17th century.
Description: Based in a highly profitable fur trade, the seventeenth century Dutch criminal justice system of the upper Hudson River Valley regulated the community with an eye toward not only maintaining peaceful social relations, but also preserving the economic system that allowed the community to survive.

This work examines the punishment practices of the Beverwijck/Albany court during the seventeenth century, delineating changes that occured in those practices amid fluctuations in the fur trade and after the English conquest of New Netherland in 1664. This study shows that punishment practices were integrally linked to the economic status of the community and, after English conquest, to the introduction of English law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-344) and index.