Genealogy of European Criminal Justice Evolution in the Field of Sexual Behaviors (Centuries 15 -17)

Abstract

Criminal justice faced tremendous developments in the field of sexual behaviors during the fifteenth to seventeenth A.D in Europe. These developments had been profoundly influenced by the supportive culture and religious doctrines called sexual discipline. Intellectual, political and religious proceedings blew to the unstable situation of Medieval and Lutheran wave surrounded the Europe including continental and United Kingdom. Transitional period took a place at this time within the history of law in the field of criminal justice and sexual behaviors; this transition went along with outstanding developments. Focusing on penology, functionalistic and paternalistic approach of this age which is specifically based on sexual behaviors in this research achieves a better understanding of the atmosphere of this period and explains the effectiveness and affectability of this time within the field of criminal justice

Keywords

• sexual behaviors
• penology
• penal functionalism
• medieval
• church
• political sovereignty