17th century… Jackson’s Recantation (1674) 10 Dec 201510 Dec 2015 In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries crime, and in particular highway robbery, was a problem. Whether crime was actually as bad as Henry Fielding gloomily surmised, that the…
History… Organised Crime in “The Mysteries of London” (1844) 1 Mar 20152 Mar 2015 The Mysteries of London was a long-running penny dreadful serial which ran between 1844 and 1846 and was the biggest selling novel of the Victorian era. Read the ebook here.A…
crime… Jonathan Wild – London’s First Mob Boss 26 Feb 20152 Mar 2015 This blog post is adapted from an essay I submitted whilst I was completing my MA in Social History at Leeds Beckett University. The module tutor and course leader was…
History… ‘The Outlaws’ Code’. Robin Hood: Research Update, Number 7, December 24th, 2014 24 Dec 201424 Dec 2014 All organised crime gangs have certain codes of conduct which, to be counted as part of their respective gangs, they must adhere to. For the Italian Mafia there is Omerta,…
