Contemporary Oral Heritage Resource
The Contemporary Oral Heritage Resource features research project contributions from the School of Law, Criminology and Government undertaken by ISPER’s #CHITCHAT Research Initiative.
The collection comprises audio recorded and transcribed interviews and group discussion conducted by staff and students on themes related to policing and the criminal justice process in the south west. These include two sets of individual oral interviews, one with retired magistrates from North Devon and the other with retired police officers from Devon and Cornwall Police, to capture their experiences, anecdotes and memories to enhance our understanding of their professional roles during the last half century. The collection also features a series of Witness Seminars conducted in association with Kings College London whereby key events, themes or issues in recent history are revisited through the recollections of those who were closely involved in or at present at such occasions.
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Witness Seminar Series
Audio and transcripts from Witness Seminars organised by ISPER’s #CHITCHAT? Research Initiative team since 2016
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North Devon Magistracy: an oral history
Closed collection. Access by request only.
Recent Submissions
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Policing Piracy 2: Modern Piracy and Smuggling in the South West
(2016)This second panel explored the policing of smuggling and profiteering in the south west and the responses of the police to the smuggling of people and commodities including the clandestine landing of people and drugs on ... -
Post-PACE: Police and Policing in the South West
(2016)Co-Ordinator: Professor Kim Stevenson Chair: Professor Judith Rowbotham Consultant: Michael Kandiah, Kings College London Aim: to collect details of the experiences, anecdotes and memories of former serving police officers ... -
Policing Piracy 1: The International Picture, Politics and Strategies Post 1989
(2016)This panel explored international responses and policing to modern day piracy and shiphijacking including incidents involving Somali and Malay pirates in the Gulf and Indian oceans. Panel Witnesses included: David Thomas, ... -
Plymouth City Policewomen’s Department
(2018)Witness Seminar 7: Plymouth City Policewomen’s Department Co-Ordinator: Professor Kim Stevenson Chair: Professor Judith Rowbotham Consultant: Michael Kandiah, Kings College London Aim: to examine the role of Plymouth ... -
Policing Everyday Crime on the Streets
(2017)Organiser: Professor Kim Stevenson, Professor of SocioLegal History, School of Law, Criminology and Government, University of Plymouth Chair: Dr Judith Rowbotham, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Law, Criminology and ...
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