SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours - Volume 1, No 1, March 2007

On Historical Contextualisation: Some Critical Socio-Legal Reflections

Charlesworth, Lorie (University of Plymouth, 2007-03)

This article examines the relationship of historico-legal studies to the wider context of socio-legal studies. It issues a challenge to rethink the nature and role of legal history in the light of socio-legal theory and ...
Undiscovered Country: Towards a History of the Criminal 'Underworld'

Shore, Heather (University of Plymouth, 2007-03)

The concept of the underworld is a central feature in popular histories of crime and criminal behaviour but one that has tended to be dismissed by academic historians as somewhat nebulous and indefinable. This article ...
Persistent Offenders in the North West of England, 1880-1940: Some Critical Research Questions

Cox, David J; Farrall, Steve; Godfrey, Barry (University of Plymouth, 2007-03)

This article examines the concept of the persistent offender as a group within society, and the presumed impact of that discrete group upon society via a case study of offending in Crewe between 1880 and 1940. The findings ...