SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours - Volume 3, No 1, March 2009: Recent submissions
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'Don't Look Now' - Masculinities, Altruistic Fear and the Spectre of Self: When, Why and How Men Fear for Others
(University of Plymouth, 2009-03)This article draws on the contentious concept of the fear of crime and in particular focuses on two factors which, it is argued, have been afforded insufficient consideration in the 'fear of crime' debate, those of gender ... -
Samuel Holberry: Chartist Conspirator or Victim of a State Conspiracy
(University of Plymouth, 2009-03)In January 1840, Samuel Holberry a Sheffield Chartist, was committed to trial at Sheffield Assizes for seditious conspiracy. A critical examination of the evidence presented at the committal hearing and subsequent Assize ... -
Ethics and Vulnerability in Street Prostitution; An Argument in Favour of Managed Zones
(University of Plymouth, 2009-03)This article draws upon the work of Judith Butler, in particular her approach to ethics and the concepts of vulnerability and 'liveable lives,' in order to provide a critical analysis of reform proposals contained in the ... -
Who are You? We have Ways of Finding Out! Tracing the Police Development of Offender Identification Techniques in the Late Nineteenth Century
(University of Plymouth, 2009-03)From the very beginning of modern policing there were a number of problems; not the least of these was the difficulty that the police had in identifying those they had arrested. This was important for a number of reasons ... -
Resolution through Devolution: Policing, Youth Justice and Imprisonment in Wales
(University of Plymouth, 2009-03)Criminal justice was not devolved to the Welsh Assembly but the process of devolution has resulted in de facto differences emerging between England and Wales. In the previous edition of this journal, Jackie Jones argued ... -
Reasons to be Sceptical: A 'Response to the Next Stage of devolution
(University of Plymouth, 2009-03)