The Enemy Within: Homicide and Control in Eastern Finland in the Final Years of Swedish Rule 1748-1808

"This work explores the quantitative and qualitative development of homicide in eastern Finland in the second half of the eighteenth century and the early years of the nineteenth. The area studied comprised northern Savo and northern Karelia in eastern Finland. At that time, these were completely ag...

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description "This work explores the quantitative and qualitative development of homicide in eastern Finland in the second half of the eighteenth century and the early years of the nineteenth. The area studied comprised northern Savo and northern Karelia in eastern Finland. At that time, these were completely agricultural regions on the periphery of the kingdom of Sweden. Indeed the majority of the population still got their living from burn-beating agriculture. The analysis of homicide there reveals characteristics that were exceptional by Western European standards: the large proportion of premeditated homicides (murders) and those within the family is more reminiscent of modern cities in the West than of a pre-modern rural society. However, there also existed some archaic forms of Western crime there. Most of the homicides within the family were killings of brothers or brothers-in law, connected with the family structure (the extended family) that prevailed in the region. This study uses case analysis to explore the causes for the increase in both familial homicide and murder in the area. One of the explanatory factors that is dealt with is the interaction between the faltering penal practice that then existed and the increase in certain types of homicide."
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-280812026-05-04T18:58:22Z The Enemy Within: Homicide and Control in Eastern Finland in the Final Years of Swedish Rule 1748-1808 Koskivirta, Anu control policy manslaughter homicides crimes social control murder Capital punishment Eastern Finland Province Ilomantsi Karelia Liperi Northern Karelia Province Peasant Savonia (historical province) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBZ Sociology: death and dying thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBZ Sociology: death and dying thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms "This work explores the quantitative and qualitative development of homicide in eastern Finland in the second half of the eighteenth century and the early years of the nineteenth. The area studied comprised northern Savo and northern Karelia in eastern Finland. At that time, these were completely agricultural regions on the periphery of the kingdom of Sweden. Indeed the majority of the population still got their living from burn-beating agriculture. The analysis of homicide there reveals characteristics that were exceptional by Western European standards: the large proportion of premeditated homicides (murders) and those within the family is more reminiscent of modern cities in the West than of a pre-modern rural society. However, there also existed some archaic forms of Western crime there. Most of the homicides within the family were killings of brothers or brothers-in law, connected with the family structure (the extended family) that prevailed in the region. This study uses case analysis to explore the causes for the increase in both familial homicide and murder in the area. One of the explanatory factors that is dealt with is the interaction between the faltering penal practice that then existed and the increase in certain types of homicide." 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2016-12-31 23:55:55 2018-07-02 19:41:03 2020-04-01T13:58:33Z 2003 book 617205 OCN: 982228309 0355-8924;1458-526X http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32112 9517466137;9789522228178 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28081 eng Studia Fennica Historica open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32112/1/9789517466134_the_enemy_within-REVISED.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32112/1/9789517466134_the_enemy_within-REVISED.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32112/1/9789517466134_the_enemy_within-REVISED.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32112/1/9789517466134_the_enemy_within-REVISED.pdf Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/sfh.5 10.21435/sfh.5 8ceefe60-b6e9-4502-8498-ff110bb0f062 Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation grant and SKS 9517466137;9789522228178 217 Helsinki open access
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manslaughter
homicides
crimes
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Karelia
Liperi
Northern Karelia Province
Peasant
Savonia (historical province)
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thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBZ Sociology: death and dying
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms
Koskivirta, Anu
The Enemy Within: Homicide and Control in Eastern Finland in the Final Years of Swedish Rule 1748-1808
title The Enemy Within: Homicide and Control in Eastern Finland in the Final Years of Swedish Rule 1748-1808
title_full The Enemy Within: Homicide and Control in Eastern Finland in the Final Years of Swedish Rule 1748-1808
title_fullStr The Enemy Within: Homicide and Control in Eastern Finland in the Final Years of Swedish Rule 1748-1808
title_full_unstemmed The Enemy Within: Homicide and Control in Eastern Finland in the Final Years of Swedish Rule 1748-1808
title_short The Enemy Within: Homicide and Control in Eastern Finland in the Final Years of Swedish Rule 1748-1808
title_sort enemy within homicide and control in eastern finland in the final years of swedish rule 1748 1808
topic control policy
manslaughter
homicides
crimes
social control
murder
Capital punishment
Eastern Finland Province
Ilomantsi
Karelia
Liperi
Northern Karelia Province
Peasant
Savonia (historical province)
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBZ Sociology: death and dying
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBZ Sociology: death and dying
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms
topic_facet control policy
manslaughter
homicides
crimes
social control
murder
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Liperi
Northern Karelia Province
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Savonia (historical province)
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBZ Sociology: death and dying
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBZ Sociology: death and dying
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms
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