Crime
The standing of Britain’s police forces may be in decline at home, yet their insights into policing methods and practices are still sought eagerly elsewhere, according to Clive Emsley and Georgina Sinclair. Published September 21 2011
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What was behind Colonel Thomas Blood’s failed attempt to steal the Crown Jewels during the cash-strapped reign of Charles II and how did he survive such a treasonable act? Nigel Jones questions the motives of a notorious 17th-century schemer. Published September 21 2011
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Identifying those who took part in the recent riots in London and other English cities may prove easier than in past disorders, but the recent widespread introduction of surveillance technology brings its own problems, argues Edward Higgs. Published September 16 2011
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Nick Poyntz reviews Jonathan Green's history of how crime has been described over the past five centuries. Published August 17 2011
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James Whitfield on why the theft of a Spanish master’s portrait of a British military hero led to a change in the law. Published July 15 2011
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Detective stories captured the imaginations of the British middle classes in the 20th century. William D. Rubinstein looks at the rise of home-grown writers such as Agatha Christie, how they mirrored society and why changes in social mores eventually murdered their sales. Published November 16 2010
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A century after the execution of Dr Crippen for the murder of his wife, Fraser Joyce argues that, in cases hingeing on identification, histories of forensic medicine need to consider the roles played by the public as well as by experts. Published October 20 2010
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Early 17th century England saw the emergence of pirates, much romanticised creatures whose lives were often nasty, brutish and short. Adrian Tinniswood examines one such career. Published June 9 2010
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Richard Evans tells the little-known story of how 19th-century Germany attempted to solve its prison problems by secretly sending felons to the United States as immigrants. Published February 7 2008
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Ruth Ellis was the last woman hanged for murder in Britain. She was excecuted on July 13th, 1955. Published June 22 2005
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How far, asks R.D. Storch, did the reforms in the system of law enforcement, and the detection, trial and punishment of criminals introduced in the nineteenth century make for better order and a real reduction in crime? Published August 31 2001
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William D. Rubinstein reviews the achievements of the Ripperologists and considers the arguments surrounding the so-called Ripper Diaries. Published April 30 2000
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Robert D. Storch argues that the state of policing before Peel was not always as bad as the reformers liked to claim. Published October 31 1999
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Richard O. Collin tells the story of Italy’s parallel police forces, and how they have contended with Mussolini, the Red Brigades – and the Mafia. Published August 31 1999
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Beginning our new series on the history and development of policing, Clive Emsley sets the scene with a broad discussion of the origins and issues of early policing in Continental Europe. Published March 31 1999
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