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Author Nickerson, Janice.

Title Crime and punishment in Upper Canada : a researcher's guide / Janice Nickerson.

Imprint Toronto : Dundurn Press : Ontario Genealogical Society, ©2010.

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series Genealogist's reference shelf
Genealogist's reference shelf.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and index.
Contents The Context -- Law Enforcement and Investigation -- Adjudication -- Sentencing and Punishment -- Public Opinion: Popular Response and Resistance -- Justice Personnel -- What Changed After 1841? -- Reasearch Advice and Records by District -- Appendix : Monarchs, Court Terms, and Currency -- Glossary.
Summary Provides genealogists and social historians with context and tools to understand the criminal justice system and to locate sources on criminal activity and its consequences for the Upper Canada period (1791-1841) of Ontario's history. This book features chapters with inventories of available records in federal, provincial, and local repositories.
Language English.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Upper Canada -- Archival resources.
Crime -- Ontario -- History -- Sources.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Ontario -- History -- Sources.
Court records -- Ontario -- Archival resources.
Criminal records -- Ontario -- Archival resources.
Crime -- Ontario -- Archival resources.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Ontario -- Archival resources.
Ontario -- Archival resources.
Ontario -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
HISTORY -- General.
REFERENCE -- General.
Archival resources
Court records -- Archival resources
Crime
Criminal justice, Administration of
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Archival resources
Ontario https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRpxgHMDVfYpYYqvRBmM
Genre/Form History
Reference works
Sources
Reference works.
Other Form: Print version: 1554887704
ISBN 1299105432 (ebk)
9781299105430 (ebk)
9781459719071
1459719077
1770704612
9781770704619 (electronic bk.)