Historical criminologist specialising in all things alcohol. Professor of Criminology at University of Leeds. Once described as bearing a 'striking resemblance to Peter Beardsley'.
Henry Yeomans
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… official record keeping and inspired by developments in mainland Europe, especially France. The methods of these early criminologists were sophisticated, as were their theories – which foreshadowed risk factor analysis, routine activities and more… (3/5)
… And they were very much part of an intellectual field. They engaged with each other’s work just as they engaged with continental criminology, particularly André-Michel Guerry. Our article also develops a replicable approach that could be used more widely to study the history of criminology. (4/5)
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Link here: emergence of criminology in Britain: A systematic review of the Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 1838–57 | The British Journal of Criminology | Oxford Academic (5/5) #historicalcriminology #history #HistSci
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… in response to Lombroso or as an indigenous medico-legal discourse, as has been claimed by others. We find that the first wave of empirical crime research in Britain was published in the Journal of the Statistical Society of London from the 1830s. It was facilitated by advances in… (2/5)
University of Leeds - School of Law
Henry Yeomans
Henry Yeomans
University of Leeds - School of Law
New article! When did #criminology in Britain begin? Where did it come from? @jkivivuori.bsky.social & I explore the forgotten roots of British criminology in a burst of statistical research between the 1830s and 1850s. We show that British Criminology didn't first emerge in the later 1800s...(1/5)
