Recent years have seen increasing interest in, and scholarly discussion of, historical
criminology. Yet there remains at present no clear, settled view as to what historical …

This article is coauthored by four prisoners and a prison-researcher. In it, the authors discuss
the differing aims and aspirations of research participants and scholars and their …

The extent and import of changes in contemporary crime control are hotly contested. By
setting these changes in historical perspective, this article challenges claims that we are …

This book sets an agenda for the development of historical approaches to criminology. It
defines 'historical criminology', explores its characteristic strengths and limitations, and …

Offender rehabilitation has become increasingly and almost exclusively associated with
structured cognitive-behavioural programmes. For fifty years, however, a small number of …

To what extent can the past 'explain'the present? This deceptively simple question lies at the
heart of historical criminology (research which incorporates historical primary sources while …

In December 2010 members of the Global Prisons Research Network (GPRN) met for a
seminar entitled “Dissecting the'Non-Western'Prison.” The articles showcased in this …

Any scholar who makes a lasting contribution to the African crisis would be recognized in the
history of intellectual accomplishments as having made a unique contribution to the world …

This article considers why, despite an apparent congruence of subject matter and
methodologies, the disciplines of sociological criminology and criminal justice history are not …

This article makes the case for greater use of systematic archival research as a
methodological tool of criminology. Drawing upon insights from the author's 2018 historical …