Crime and Repression in the Auvergne and the Guyenne, 1720-1790 [Paperback]

The book is a study of the police and criminal justice in eighteenth-century France, and of the crimes and disorders the authorities had to contain.The book is a study of the police and criminal justice in eighteenth-century France, and of the crimes and disorders the authorities had to contain. It is concerned with two provinces - the Auvergne, in the mountainous centre, and the Guyenne, the hinterland of Bordeaux.The book is a study of the police and criminal justice in eighteenth-century France, and of the crimes and disorders the authorities had to contain. It is concerned with two provinces - the Auvergne, in the mountainous centre, and the Guyenne, the hinterland of Bordeaux.The book is a study of the police and criminal justice in eighteenth-century France, and of the crimes and disorders the authorities had to contain. It is concerned with two provinces - the Auvergne, in the mountainous centre, and the Guyenne, the hinterland of Bordeaux and is based on extensive archival research in administrative records, police reports and the transcripts of trials. Part one examines the means of repression available to the government: the national police force, the mar?chauss?e, and the police court of summary justice, the pr?v?t?. It looks at the recruitment and discipline of policemen, their duties, methods of operating and efficiency; it also examines the treatment of beggars and vagabonds, the procedures of criminal justice, the evidence put before the judges and the punishments handed down. Part two studies the thefts, assaults, murders, riots and rebellions of the two provinces, particularly in the light of fashionable hypotheses about changing patterns of criminal behaviour.1. A cheap police force; 2. Police recruitment and discipline; 3. The mar?chauss?e at work; 4. the pr?v?tal court; 5. Theft; 6. Violence; 7. Rebellion and riot; 8. The mar?chauss?e in Revolution, 17891790.