Race, Racialisation and ‘Colonial Common Sense’ in Capital Cases of Men of Colour in England and Wales, 1919–1957

This article explores the role of ‘colonial common sense’ (Stoler, 2008) in racialising men of colour in capital cases in twentieth-century England and Wales. Following the First World War psychiatric and psychological discourses became more prominent in both the criminal justice system and the wide...

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Main Authors: Alexa Neale, Lizzie Seal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-10-01
Series:Open Library of Humanities
Online Access:https://olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/4601/