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How did the socio-economic context of the 18th century impact criminality in England ?

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My CDM Research Project

Bibliography

Further plans

Progress so far

Initiatives taken

Obstacles encountered

Abandonned ideas

Reflection process

Motivations

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Motivations

• Always been fascinated by crime and criminals
• Studied Victorian era and industrial revolution in history class
• How did the past criminals created our current laws and punishment ?

Reflection process

Divided my research in different questions/ideas :

• How did the socio-economic context of England during the 18th century contribute to the rise of crime in England ?
• What were some of the most significant social and economic changes that occurred during this period, and how did they impact criminality ?
• How did the growth of cities and industrialization contribute to the rise of crime during this period ?
• How did poverty and inequality affect criminality, and what were some of the most common crimes committed by the people in need ?
• How did the criminal justice system respond to the rise of crime during this period, and were there any notable changes in policing and punishment ?
• How did the socio-economic context of England during this period shape the development of modern criminology ?
• How did gender and race play a role in criminality during this period, and what were some of the unique challenges faced by different groups in society ?
• How did the rise of crime during this period impact popular attitudes towards crime and punishment ?

Abandonned ideas

• Broaden the subject to all of the U.K.
• Extend my period of research to the 19th century

Obstacles encountered

• Professor Innes was reallly busy so she couldn't help me for long but she sent me useful documents
• Some articles that were recommended to me are not free to access

Initiatives taken

• Sent 3 mails
• Started my study of London lives : Poverty, crime and the making of a Modern City 1690-1800

Progress so far

• Reponse from Professor Innes : sent me 2 useful documents (The Crime Wave: Recent Writing on Crime and Criminal Justice in Eighteenth-Century England by Joanna Innes and John Styles and English Criminal Justice Administration, 1650–1850: A Historiographic Essay by BRUCE P. SMITH)
• Response from Professor Shoemaker : ‘Worrying about Crime: Experience, moral panics and public opinion in London, 1660-1800’, Past and Present 234/1 (2017), pp. 71-100. / '"I’ll Vamp it and Tip you the Cole': Poverty, Pawning and Prosecutions in London. Evidence from the Old Bailey, 1750–1799', London Journal, 46 (2021), 284-299. / https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/History.jsp / Clive Emsley, Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 (4th edition, 2010) and Drew Gray, Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914 (2016).

Further plans

• Mail to Professor Joanne Klein / Vic Gatrell / Jeremy Boulton
• More research
• Continue reading of London Lives
• Studying the documents Professor Innes and Professor Shoemaker sent me

Bibliography

• "Crime and Punishment in Georgian Britain" - Matthew White (article)
• "Counting crimes or counting people : some implications of mid-nineteenth century British police returns" - Chris Williams (article)
• London lives : Poverty, Crime and the making of a modern city 1690 - 1800 - Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker (book)
• "The Crime Wave : Recent Wriing on Crime and Criminal Justice in Eighteenth - Century England" - Joanna Innes and John Styles (article)
• "English Criminal Justice Administration, 1650 - 1850 : a Histographic Essay" - Bruce P. Smith (essay)
• "Worrying about crime : Experience, moral panics and public opinion in London, 1660-1800", Past and Present 234/1 (2017), pp. 71-100. - Robert Shoemaker (article)
• '"I’ll Vamp it and Tip you the Cole': Poverty, Pawning and Prosecutions in London. Evidence from the Old Bailey, 1750–1799", London Journal, 46 (2021), 284-299. - Lucy Higgins (article)
• The Historical background pages on the Old Bailey Proceedings Online. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/History.jsp (website)
• Crime and Societyin England, 1750 - 1900 - Clive Emsley (book)
• Crime, Police and Punishment in England, 1660 - 1914 - Drew Gray (book)