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Race, Racialisation and the Death Penalty in England and Wales, 1900-1965
This poster will outline a new Leverhulme funded project, Race, Racialisation and the Death Penalty, 1900-1965. This is the first study to focus on issues of racial discrimination and racialisation in relation to capital punishment in England and Wales, 1900-65. Black and other minority ethnic (BME) people were starkly overrepresented in relation to the application of the death penalty during this period. This requires further investigation in order to understand the role of colonialism in shaping penal culture and practices of punishment in twentieth-century England and Wales, and in providing much needed historical context to the continued overrepresentation of BME people in the criminal justice system.
Funding
Race, Racialisation and the Death Penalty in England and Wales, 1900-1965; G2062; LEVERHULME TRUST; RPG-2016-352
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Event name
British Society of Criminology Annual ConferenceEvent location
Sheffield Hallam UniversityEvent type
conferenceEvent date
4-7 July 2017Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- No