Our Criminal Past: Our Criminal Ancestors

Professor Helen Johnston H.Johnston@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Criminology

'Invalids', Disability and the Modern Prison May 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2020
The contemporary prison system has been forced to respond in a more systematic manner to the needs of disabled prisoners due the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the subsequent Equalities Act 2010, as a group with 'protected characteristics'. T... Read More

English Prisons at War: Imprisonment during national crisis Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2021
This research will focus on a neglected period of penal history within existing research; the English prison system during the two World Wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. The aim is to explore in detail via a wide range of archival and documentary source... Read More