Mourir sur l'échafaud à Genève au XVIIIe siècle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12025547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michel Porret (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 381-405 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Déviance et Société (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0378-7931 • E-ISSN: 2296-4096 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/ds.1991.1240 |
| OpenAlex | W2051185599 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Based upon criminal trials, this paper explores the decline of death penalty (will be abolished in 1874) during the eighteenth century in the Republic of Geneva. Low rates of hangings reflected the decline of murders and other violent crimes. The arguments elaborated by various Attorney generals in charge of prosecuiting murderers and robbers revels a precocious reformism arguing for the rehabilitation of the convicts by their incarceration. A great part of the judicial reformism developped by Calvinist and enlightened Attorneys from the end of 1750's, foreshadows the modernization of penology which will take place at the beginning of the 19th century
Criminology · Modernization theory · Penology · Political science · Prison · Sociology · Vagrancy · Historical and Scientific Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Medieval and Early Modern Justice
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2020 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |