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Judicial Statistics relating to Scotland, 1805-1960

Abstract

The judicial statistics collated relate to all crimes recorded and indicted at the Scottish courts between 1805 and 1960 and involve the business brought to the Burgh and Police Courts, the Sheriff Courts and the Justiciary Court over the entirety of that period. The data has been grouped into six spreadsheets with the following categories: 1/ Fatal violence 2/ Sexual violence 3/ Interpersonal violence 4/ Mobbing and rioting 5/ Violent property crime 6/ Non-violent property crime

Subjects

Judicial Statistics, Scottish crime, Fatal violence, Sexual violence, Interpersonal violence, Mobbing and rioting, Violent property crime, Non-violent property crime,

DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

Permanent link to this resource: https://doi.org/10.24384/000546

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Authors

Kilday, Anne-Marie (Oxford Brookes University)

Oxford Brookes departments

Department of History, Philosophy and Culture
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dates

Year: 2018

Funding

Oxford Brookes University : Research Excellence Award (2016)

GeoLocations

Aberdeen, Scotland
Argyle, Scotland
Ayr, Scotland
Banff, Scotland
Berwick, Scotland
Bute, Scotland
Caithness, Scotland
Clackmannan, Scotland
Dumbarton, Scotland
Dumfries, Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
Elgin, Scotland
Fife, Scotland
Forfar (Angus), Scotland
Haddington (East Lothian), Scotland
Inverness, Scotland
Kincardine, Scotland
Kinross, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Lanark, Scotland
Linlithgow (West Lothian), Scotland
Nairn, Scotland
Orkney & Zetland, Scotland
Peebles, Scotland
Perth, Scotland
Renfrew, Scotland
Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Roxburgh, Scotland
Selkirk, Scotland
Stirling, Scotland
Sutherland, Scotland
Wigtown, Scotland


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