Seal, Lizzie and Neale, Alexa Hannah Leah (2017) Race, Racialisation and the Death Penalty in England and Wales, 1900-1965. In: British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, 4-7 July 2017, Sheffield Hallam University.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Schools and Departments:	School of Law, Politics and Sociology > Sociology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV6001 Criminology
Depositing User:	Alexa Hannah Leah Neale
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2017 13:03
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2017 13:03
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/69162

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