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Exploring female drunkenness in Victorian Lancashire
July 23, 2019Utilising a range of archival sources, Dr Craig Stafford charts the criminal lives of drunken women in 19th century Lancashire.
Tracing gang members – the complicated case of Charles ‘Darby’ Sabini
May 14, 2019With the Peaky Blinders set to return to our screens later this year, Prof Heather Shore takes a look at the complicated lives of one of the families that has featured in the series, the Sabinis.
Figuring out the past: crime statistics as social history
March 4, 2019What can crime statistics tell us about the past? Dr Ashley Borrett examines the interwar crime rates for Hull to find out more.
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