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Encountering the archive: researching race, racialisation and the death penalty in England and Wales, 1900–65
This chapter discusses methodological issues related to carrying out archival research for a project on race, racialisation and the death penalty in twentieth-century England and Wales. This is the first study on capital punishment in England and Wales to focus on ‘race’, despite the significant over-representation of black and other minority ethnic (BME) individuals in terms of the application of execution. We explore how archival case files, which contain documents such as depositions and trial transcripts, are indispensable sources for reconstructing criminal justice processes of the past. We illustrate this through discussion of one of the cases from our project, Lee Kun, who was hanged in 1916 for the murder of Elsie Goddard.
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Race, Racialisation and the Death Penalty in England and Wales, 1900-65; G2062; LEVERHULME TRUST; RPG-2016-352
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RoutledgeExternal DOI
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289-300Pages
422.0Book title
Routledge handbook of socio-legal theory and methodsPlace of publication
LondonISBN
9781138592902Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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Marc Mason, Kirsten McConnachie, Naomi CreutzfeldtLegacy Posted Date
2020-04-23Usage metrics
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