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Desperate times, desperate measures
May 6, 2025As the cost of living crisis rages on, concerns that some people are turning to crime to make ends meet have become part of a national debate. But, as Dr Ashley Borrett explains, this is nothing new and was a major feature of the crime narratives crafted during the economic crises of the 1920s and 1930s.
Heroes and villains: conflicting attitudes to war veterans in peacetime
May 19, 2022How real were the fears that brutalised and battle-scarred soldiers returning from the First World War had developed a propensity for violence and criminality? Dr Ashley Borrett looks at the city of Hull to find out how people responded to war veterans in peacetime.
19 May 1897 – Oscar Wilde is released from prison
May 19, 202219 May 2022 marks 125 years since Oscar Wilde was released from prison. Professor Helen Johnston recounts the criminal past of the notorious Irish poet and playwright.
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