Criminal justice and crime in late Renaissance Florence, 1537-1609 /
[Book]
John K. Brackett.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1992.
ix, 160 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-155) and index.
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The bureaucratic structure of the Otto: the personnel and their functions -- 2. Financing the Otto -- 3. The Otto as police: organization and function -- 4. Criminal procedure before the Otto: from discovery to sentencing -- 5. The Otto and its role in the centralization of criminal justice in the Florentine state -- 6. Crime and criminals -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.