Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice

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The International Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice aims to promote and facilitate research into criminal justice history around the world and to generate the exchange of ideas between academics, criminal justice practitioners and serving and retired policemen. This is achieved via seminars, conferences, publications and the provision of specialist archive facilities. The Centre has research specialisms in:

• the history of crime, including the history of violence
• the history of policing in Europe from c.1750
• the history of British colonial policing in the 19th and 20th centuries
• the history of the criminal justice system, including issues of access and representation
• the rights of the poor, as well as poverty and welfare
• the representation of crime and its punishment in cultural forms, including the media and genres of entertainment
• the history of punishment, from public bodily punishments to prisons
• the influence of the past on contemporary criminal justice.

The Centre is located in the History Department within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University. Formerly known as the European Centre for the Study of Policing (ECSP), the Centre is linked to the Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative, an interdisciplinary research group at the Open University. In addition, the Centre has strong links with the Groupe Européen de Recherche sur les Normativités (GERN) and close connections with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Polizeigeschichte. Centre members also have a close collaborative relationship with History and Policy. Visiting research staff have come from as far afield America, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Canada and China and the permanent staff at the Centre are always keen to hear of relevant research being conducted world-wide.

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The Open University
Milton Keynes

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Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC)

The Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC) is based in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University. It was formed in 2015 out of what was known as the International Centre … read more about Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC)

Milton Keynes

History and Policy (H&P)

History and Policy is an organization that aims to enhance public policy by fostering a deeper understanding of history. It operates as a national network comprising over 500 academic historians and s… read more about History and Policy (H&P)

London