From Historical Social Science To The Historical Study Of Crime

Catello, Roberto (2022) From Historical Social Science To The Historical Study Of Crime. Crime, History & Societies. ISSN 1663-4837 (Accepted for Publication)

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Abstract

In this paper, I develop an innovative account of the genesis of the historical study of crime that resists the temptation to attribute the beginning of the social history of crime to the emergence of the ‘History from Below’ movement of the 1970s. Written from the point of view of a historical criminologist, such an account forces us to consider the possibility that studying crime historically requires giving equal weight to the ‘historical study of crime’ and to the ‘criminological study of the past’. By arguing that the study of crime in historical perspective is best understood as a particular instantiation of what Immanuel Wallerstein called ‘historical social science’, the paper develops a characterization of the historical study of crime that moves beyond its conventional representation as a history specialization.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	crime history, historical criminology, historical social science, historical study of crime, historiography of crime and criminal justice, social history
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Roberto Catello
Date Deposited:	11 Apr 2022 08:53
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2023 12:05
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3519

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