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ourcriminalpastOur Criminal Past@ourcriminalpast·
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UBP & CaP online event: Portraits of Crime? The ethics of displaying real lives and people. Looking forward to great discussion ⁦@CaPnetworkUK⁩ ⁦@UBPnetwork⁩ ⁦@faceofresearch⁩ ⁦@UniOfHull⁩ https://ourcriminalancestors.org/events/ubp-cap-online-event-portraits-of-crime-the-ethics-of-displaying-real-lives-and-people/

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UBPnetworkBritish Portraits@UBPnetwork·
29 Nov

Free places still available for this online event next week; take a look at the programme details and mini-exhibition here https://www.britishportraits.org.uk/events/portraits-of-crime-the-ethics-of-displaying-real-lives-and-people/, and a link to registration. https://twitter.com/UBPnetwork/status/1458089357831704579

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WIP_liveWomen in Prison@WIP_live·
30 Nov

🗣️ #ChristmasChallenge21 Launch

Women’s Centres are an anchor that help stop women being swept up into crime, but we need your support to keep running them.

For 7 days, any donations you make through our @BigGive campaign will be matched ✨

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dchurchill01David Churchill@dchurchill01·
30 Nov

🔶Today #HistoricalCriminology by @iainchanning @yeomans_henry & me is officially published! @Routledge_Socio Hope it helps put time and history closer to the heart of criminology🔶 #HCNet @ANZHistCrim @HCriminology @SOLONNetwork @ourcriminalpast https://www.routledge.com/Historical-Criminology/Churchill-Yeomans-Channing/p/book/9780367185756

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HitchMageeMichael Rocque@HitchMagee·
29 Nov

Reupping this call for papers. If you have a piece (or a piece in mind) that is relevant to historical criminology, send it our way! Submit via the Journal of Criminal Justice portal. https://twitter.com/HitchMagee/status/1428771756169383949

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KatyARoscoeDr Katy Roscoe@KatyARoscoe·
25 Nov

🚨CFP for conference exploring crime, imperialism & inheritances from interdisciplinary perspectives
📆 Deadline extended to 17 Dec
🎓 Esp. welcome ECRs/PGRs
🌎 International participation, online event over 4 x 1/2 days.
💻 More info: http://www.imperialgenealogiesofcrime.com
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PolHisSoc1985Police History Society@PolHisSoc1985·
20 Nov

AGM of the PHS and delighted to announce that our Annual Award for contribution to Police History goes posthumously to Emeritus Professor Clive Emsley… our former academic advisor for 35 years 🙏

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CaPnetworkUKCrime & Punishment Collections Network@CaPnetworkUK·
17 Nov

We've posted our Collection of the Month for November! https://www.northamptonmuseums.com/ is located in a C19th prison with some intriguing details still on view. View at https://www.capcollections.org.uk/ and if you'd like to be December's collection. @NorthamptonShoe #crimeandpunishment

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Dave_LifelinesLifelines Research@Dave_Lifelines·
15 Nov

One day I'm going to publish a book celebrating the work of Bored Clerks Through The Ages.

Here we have a Royal Naval clerk, with a wonderful piece of nautical time wasting from 1815, which appears in the ship's musters for HMS Grasshopper...

(@UkNatArchives ref: ADM 37/5660)

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