Everyday offending in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾

Examining the policing and moral regulation of everyday offending and crime in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ 1880-1920
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Everyday offending in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾

Examining the policing and moral regulation of everyday offending and crime in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ 1880-1920

A team led by Professor Kim Stevenson is currently working on a pilot project examining the policing and moral regulation of everyday offending and crime in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ 1880-1920 utilizing archival material and local newspaper reportage and also exploring the institutional heritage - police, prison, courts - associated with offending.

The intention is to broaden out the chronological reach up to the present day and potentially to secure funding to enable large scale comparative studies with other non-Assize towns where there have been no significant studies of everyday or minor offending.

The project utilizes a genuinely interdisciplinary approach with researchers drawn from law, history and criminology. We are working in collaboration with Bodmin Prison Museum. The project also encourages Research Partnerships with Students with a team of student volunteers from across the three disciplines.

For further information please contact Kim Stevenson or visit the .

Everyday Offending in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾

As a maritime city ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ has a unique heritage as until 1914, when there was a need to combine resources to respond to the threat of the Great War, it was not one but Three Towns.
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ and East Stonehouse were the oldest, with Devonport, formerly known as ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Dock, evolving in the early 18th century to serve the expanding naval defence base.
The Everyday Offending in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ based in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Law School, are now developing a research project that will examine the incidence, policing and prosecution of everyday offending and minor crime in the Three Towns 1850 –1920. 
Credit: ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Museums Galleries Archives
Image credit: ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Museum website