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Wood and Crop Theft in Rural Herefordshire, 1800–60

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2002

TIM SHAKESHEFF
TIM SHAKESHEFF
Affiliation:
University College, Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester, WR2 6AJ, UK
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Abstract

Lacking the glamour of poaching or the undertones of protest associated with incendiarism or animal maiming, the more petty rural crimes have been largely ignored. This paper examines the motivation, nature and criminal administration of two under-researched crimes, wood and crop theft. It will be suggested that while the theft of wood and crops was almost wholly the crime of the rural poor, it may have been committed within a wider realm of social protest.

Type
Research Article
Information
Rural History , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , April 2002 , pp. 1 - 17
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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