Laws Crafted from English Precedents and Holy Scripture
Public Ridicule as Punishment
Treatment of Native Americans
Part II. Governing the Family
Minding Your Neighbor's Business
Dress According to Your Station
Incorrigible and Delinquent Youth
Part III. Governing the Community
Part IV. The First Colonial Crime Wave: Crimes against Religion
Part V. Sexual Deviants and Female Felons
Bridal Pregnancy and Birthing Bastards
Wearing the Scarlet Letter
"A Horrible Case of Bestiality"
Pedophilia-The Spectacular Humfry Case
Most Tragic of Female Felonies-Infanticide
Part VI. The Second Colonial Crime Wave: Witches
Ann Hibbens-Hanged "for having more wit than her neighbors"
The Connecticut Witch Hunts
Confession-Chief Goal of Ministers and Magistrates
Salem Trials Brought to an End
Aftermath of the Salem Trials
Part VII. Crimes against Property
Part VIII. The Third Colonial Crime Wave: Pirates
Dixey Bull-Pirate off Pemaquid
Captain Kidd-The Pirate Who Was Framed
Captain John Quelch-A Privateer Hanged for Piracy
The Pickled Head of Captain John Phillips
Captain William Fly-"A very hardened wretch"
Connecticut's Unique Newgate Prison
Part X. The Case of Patience Samson Boston, the Penitent Prisoner
Afterword: From Ridicule to Reform
