SOLON Law, Crime and History - Volume 05 - 2015
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Narrating ‘Our Criminal Past’ at Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives in the Context of the UK Government Funded Tackling Knives Action Programme (TKAP) 2009-2011
(University of Plymouth, 2015)The Tackling Knives Action Programme (TKAP) ran in England and Wales from 2008-2011 and aimed to reduce serious violence involving youths through nationwide and local initiatives. At Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Museum ... -
Why Everything We Know About Criminal Justice History is Wrong
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On the Beat: Stories from 1914-1918: A Fresh Approach to interpreting Crime History at Bishop’s Stortford Museum
(University of Plymouth, 2015)Following the donation of a rare collection of policing documents from World War I, Bishop’s Stortford Museum displayed these remarkable accounts in a temporary exhibition entitled ‘On the Beat: The Great War 1914-1918.’2 ... -
Editorial
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Preface Our Criminal Past: Caring for the Future?
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Blogging Our Criminal Past: Social Media, Public Engagement and Creative History
(University of Plymouth, 2015)Rather than asking should historians use social media - a question frequently posed online and increasingly discussed in seminars and conferences - this article explores how historians currently use blogging and micro-blogging, ... -
Height, Crime and Colonial History
(University of Plymouth, 2015)Since the 1970s historians interested in the impact of changing social and economic conditions on health outcomes have studied record collections that contain information about adult stature. Fluctuations in mean height ... -
The Digital Classroom: New Social Media and Teaching Victorian Crime
(University of Plymouth, 2015)This article explores the implications of student blogging in undergraduate crime history module, Prison Voices: Crime, Conviction and Confession 1700-1900. Public blogging as assessment trains students to become creators ... -
Bloody Code: Reflecting on a Decade of the Old Bailey Online and the Digital Futures of Our Criminal Past
(University of Plymouth, 2015)The Old Bailey Online was conceived at the turn of the millennium and has been online since 2003. In this article, I reflect on its evolution and its impact on crime history and digital history, and I explore some key ... -
Digital Histories of Crime and Research-Based Teaching and Learning
(University of Plymouth, 2015)The proliferation of digitised primary sources has created exciting possibilities for those of us teaching undergraduate modules on crime and punishment in nineteenth century England and Wales. In this article, we reflect ...