Society, History, By Topic, Social History, Crime and Punishment
See Also:
- European University Institute Internet database providing information about ongoing research projects.
- Organization information and directory of upcoming conferences in the field.
- Teaching resources from the UK's National Archives Learning Curve. Covers crime, prevention, and punishment in four eras: before 1450, 1450-1750, 1750-1900, and 20th century, using documents from the Public Record Office.
- Essays and online forum about methods of torture, cruel justice, and other unpleasantries that humans have inflicted on each other. Invites submissions.
- Includes a list of some milestones in the history of British penal reform.
- Educational material from the History Channel UK, aimed at seeing how ideas about the nature and causes of crime and the suitability of punishments have changed throughout history.
- Includes articles on the origin of prisons and features about specific prisons.
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