According to General Crimes Schedules “Theft” Crimes and Perpetrators in Jerusalem (1913-1914) Cover Image

Ceraim-i Umumiye Cetvellerine Göre Kudüs Sancağında “Hırsızlık” Suçları ve Failleri (R.1329/M.1913-1914)
According to General Crimes Schedules “Theft” Crimes and Perpetrators in Jerusalem (1913-1914)

Author(s): Fatih Öztop, Demet Karasu
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Criminology, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversity
Keywords: Jerusalem; Crime; Felony; Theft; Perpetrators;

Summary/Abstract: In the last period of Ottoman Empire, there are eligible informations about perpetrators in one of crime schedules named as ―general crime schedules‖ that was maintained to follow crimes and see batch informations about perpetrators. These statistical schedules allows the general situation of the society to be seen through the marital status, occupational status, duplicate criminals, nationality, literacy status, age ranges of perpetrators, where and why the crime committed. The general crime schedules, which were prepared monthly and classified monthly in Ottoman Archives of the Prime Ministry under normal circumstances, were filed in one time for Jerusalem in R.1329 (M.1913 / 1914). In this study, theft crimes occurring just before the World War I in Jerusalem, where is regarded as sacred by the three semitic religions, and the qualifications of those who participated in these crimes will be tried to examined in the light of provided informations by 12 different crime shedules.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 116-133
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish