Abstract

century Massachussetts: the Antinomian controversy of 1636, the Quaker persecutions of the late I650's and the witchcraft hysteria of I692. These are 'crime waves' only in inverted commas, for conflict theory could also claim territorial rights over the first two at least, for they were disputes about Church doctrine and organization. The interesting limitation of Erikson's approach is that it takes the outcome of the con-

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