SOLON Law, Crime and History (previously SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective)
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The concept of the underworld is a central feature in popular histories of crime and criminal behaviour but one that has tended to be dismissed by academic historians as somewhat nebulous and indefinable. This article seeks to bridge this gap by suggesting that the construction of a chronological history or model of the underworld can further understandings of societal attitudes towards crime and criminality. Drawing on case studies and snapshots of deviant cultures and behaviours from the eighteenth century to the 1960s the discussion highlights the role of the underworld and its relationship with social panics and social network theories in the development of criminal justice.
Publication Date
2017-04-10
Publication Title
SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
41
Last Page
68
ISSN
1754-0445
Embargo Period
2024-09-13
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Shore, Heather
(2017)
"Undiscovered Country: Towards a History of the Criminal 'Underworld',"
SOLON Law, Crime and History (previously SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective): Vol. 01:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/solon/vol01/iss1/2
