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Inter-war Penal Policy and Crime in England

The Dartmoor Convict Prison Riot, 1932

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  • © 2013

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  1. Alyson Brown

    1. Edge Hill University, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Alyson Brown
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Dartmoor Convict Prison Riot, 1932: Wild Happenings on the Moor

    • Alyson Brown
    Pages 10-43

  4. A Man Seeking Closure: Alexander Paterson, Du Parcq and Inter-war Penal Policy

    • Alyson Brown
    Pages 44-70

  5. Dartmoor Gaol Battle: The Dartmoor Riot as a National Media Event

    • Alyson Brown
    Pages 71-95

  6. The Elephant and Castle Gang and Criminal Careers of Dartmoor Prison Inmates

    • Alyson Brown
    Pages 96-128

  7. Microhistory and the Modern Prison

    • Alyson Brown
    Pages 129-143

  8. Conclusion

    • Alyson Brown
    Pages 144-154

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 155-191
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About this book

An exploration of the 1932 prison riot in Dartmoor Convict Prison. One of the most notorious and destructive in English prison history, it received unprecedented public and media attention. This book examines the causes, events and consequences to shed new light on prison cultures and violence as well as penal policy and public attitudes.

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“This book uses the central event of the riot as a cypher to explore key areas in the history of crime and penality in inter-war England. … The book has much to recommend it, in terms of both the detailed study of the event, the broader study of the culture of the prison, and the responses to, and representation of, the prison and its inmates in social and political discourse.” (Heather Shore, History - Journal of the Historical Association, January, 2016)

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  • Edge Hill University, UK

    Alyson Brown

About the author

Alyson Brown is a Reader in History at Edge Hill University, UK. She has conducted extensive research into the history of crime and penal history. Her book, English Society and the Prison (2003) was well received and widely reviewed. She has also published numerous articles and chapters on this subject area.

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