Professor Barry Godfrey BA MA PhD FRHist.A JP
Professor of Social Justice Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
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- Work email Barry.Godfrey@liverpool.ac.uk
Publications
Selected Publications
- Young Criminal Lives: Life Courses and Life Chances From 1850 (Book - 2017)
- Crime, Regulation and Control During the Blitz Protecting the Population of Bombed Cities (Book - 2016)
- Policing the Factory: Theft, private policing and the law in Modern England (Book - 2013)
- Criminal LivesFamily Life, Employment, and Offending (Book - 2007)
- Serious Offenders: A Historical Study of Habitual Criminals (Book - 2010)
2020
The ‘great decarceration’: historical trends and future possibilities (Journal article)
Godfrey, B., & Cox, P. (2020). The ‘great decarceration’: historical trends and future possibilities. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. doi:10.1111/hojo.12377
2019
Prison versus Western Australia: Which worked best, the Australian penal colony or the English convict prison system? (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. S. (2019). Prison versus Western Australia: Which worked best, the Australian penal colony or the English convict prison system?. The British Journal of Criminology: an international review of crime and society, 59(5), 1139-1160. doi:10.1093/bjc/azz012
Victorian convicts were fed a surprisingly sustaining diet (Internet publication)
Price, K. P., & Godfrey, B. (2019). Victorian convicts were fed a surprisingly sustaining diet. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/
Victorian systems will not solve modern prison health problems (Journal article)
Price, K., & Godfrey, B. (2019). Victorian systems will not solve modern prison health problems. LANCET, 393(10169), 312-313. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30112-6
2018
Landscapes of production and punishment: convict labour management on the Tasman Peninsula 1830-1877 (Journal article)
Gibbs, M. D., Tuffin, R. L., Maxwell-Stewart, H., Roberts, D. A., Roe, D., Steele, J. N., . . . Godfrey, B. S. (2018). Landscapes of production and punishment: convict labour management on the Tasman Peninsula 1830-1877. ANTIQUITY, 92(362). doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.58
Landscapes of Production and Punishment: Convict labour in the Australian context (Journal article)
Tuffin, R., Gibbs, M., Roberts, D., Maxwell-Stewart, H., Roe, D., Steele, J., . . . Godfrey, B. (2018). Landscapes of Production and Punishment: Convict labour in the Australian context. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 18(1), 50-76. doi:10.1177/1469605317748387
Tracking the Gendered Life Courses of Care Leavers in 19th-Century Britain (Journal article)
Cox, P., Shore, H., Alker, Z., & Godfrey, B. (2018). Tracking the Gendered Life Courses of Care Leavers in 19th-Century Britain. LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES, 9(1), 115-127. doi:10.14301/llcs.v9i1.457
2017
Young Criminal Lives: Life Courses and Life Chances From 1850 (Book)
Godfrey, B., Cox, P., Shore, H., & Alker, Z. (2017). Young Criminal Lives: Life Courses and Life Chances from 1850. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198788492.001.0001
Fear of crime before 'fear of crime?' (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2017). Fear of crime before 'fear of crime?'. In The Routledge International Handbook on Fear of Crime (pp. 7-19). doi:10.4324/9781315651781
Violence (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2017). Violence. In A Companion to The History of Crime and Criminal Justice (pp. 271-273).
Workplace crime (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2017). Workplace crime. In A Companion to The History of Crime and Criminal Justice.
2016
Bringing the Prisoner into View: English and Welsh Census Data and the Victorian Prison Population (Journal article)
Williams, L., & Godfrey, B. (2016). Bringing the Prisoner into View: English and Welsh Census Data and the Victorian Prison Population. Australian Historical Studies, 47(3), 398-413. doi:10.1080/1031461x.2016.1208258
Victorian Convicts 100 Criminal Lives (Book)
Cox, D., Johnston, H., & Godfrey, B. (2014). 100 Victorian Convicts. London: Pen and Sword.
Crime, Regulation and Control During the Blitz Protecting the Population of Bombed Cities (Book)
Adey, P., Cox, D. J., & Godfrey, B. (2016). Crime, Regulation and Control During the Blitz Protecting the Population of Bombed Cities. Bloomsbury Publishing.
THE MAKING OF THE MODERN POLICE, 1780-1914, pt 1 (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (2016). THE MAKING OF THE MODERN POLICE, 1780-1914, pt 1. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 56(2), 409-410. doi:10.1093/bjc/azu107
Liquid Crime History: digital entrepreneurs and the industrial production of ‘ruined lives’ (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. S. (2016). Liquid Crime History: digital entrepreneurs and the industrial production of ‘ruined lives’. In S. Walklate, & M. H. Jacobsen (Eds.), Liquid Criminology: Doing imaginative criminological research (pp. 17 pages). London: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.taylorfrancis.com/
Soldiers as Victims, 1914-2014 (Chapter)
Alker, Z., & godfrey, B. (2016). Soldiers as Victims, 1914-2014. In S. mcgarry, & S. walklate (Eds.), Palgrave Handbook on Criminology and War. London: Palgrave.
2015
Intergenerational offending in Liverpool and the north-west of England, 1850–1914 (Journal article)
Williams, L., & Godfrey, B. (2015). Intergenerational offending in Liverpool and the north-west of England, 1850–1914. The History of the Family, 20(2), 189-203. doi:10.1080/1081602X.2014.990478
War as an opportunity for divergence and desistence from crime, 1750-1945 (Chapter)
Alker, Z., & Godfrey, B. (2014). War as an opportunity for divergence and desistence from crime, 1750-1945. In S. Walklate, & R. McGarry (Eds.), Criminology and War: Transgressing the Borders (pp. 30). London: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.taylorfrancis.com/
2014
Crime and Justice since 1750 (Book)
Godfrey, B., & Lawrence, P. (n.d.). Crime and Justice since 1750. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315885988
Transnational Penal Cultures (Chapter)
Transnational Penal Cultures (n.d.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315815312
Report on the select committee of the house of commons on madhouses 1815 (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2014). Report on the select committee of the house of commons on madhouses 1815. In A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health & Risk.
Black Market Britain, 1939-1955 (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (2014). Black Market Britain, 1939-1955. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW, 119(3), 984-985. doi:10.1093/ahr/119.3.984
2013
Shame, Blame, and Culpability (Chapter)
Shame, Blame, and Culpability (n.d.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203110621
Counterblast: The Perennial Problem of Short Prison Sentences (Journal article)
Johnston, H., & Godfrey, B. (2013). Counterblast: The Perennial Problem of Short Prison Sentences. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 52(4), 433-437. doi:10.1111/hojo.12030
A Historical Perspective on Criminal Justice Responses to Female and Male Offending (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2013). A Historical Perspective on Criminal Justice Responses to Female and Male Offending. In Oxford Handbook on Gender, Sex, and Crime, (pp. xx). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Comparative Histories of Crime (Book)
Wiener, M. (n.d.). Comparative Histories of Crime. Willan. doi:10.4324/9781843924319
Crime and Empire: Criminal justice in global and local context 1840-1940 (Book)
CAROLYN STRANGE, B. (n.d.). Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940. Willan. doi:10.4324/9781843925804
Crime and Justice 1750-1950 (Book)
Godfrey, B., & Lawrence, P. (n.d.). Crime and Justice 1750-1950. Willan. doi:10.4324/9781843925811
Crime and empire: Introduction (Chapter)
Dunstall, G., & Godfrey, B. S. (2013). Crime and empire: Introduction. In Crime and Empire 1840-1940: Criminal Justice in Local and Global Context (pp. 1-7). doi:10.4324/9781843925804
Crime in England, 1880–1945 (Book)
Godfrey, B. (n.d.). Crime in England, 1880–1945. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315886299
Introduction: Do you have planespotters in New Zealand? Issues in comparative crime history at the turn of modernity (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. S., Emsley, C., & Dunstall, G. (2013). Introduction: Do you have planespotters in New Zealand? Issues in comparative crime history at the turn of modernity. In Comparative Histories of Crime (pp. 1-35). doi:10.4324/9781843924319
Policing the Factory: Theft, private policing and the law in Modern England (Book)
Godfrey, B., & Cox, D. (2013). Policing the Factory: Theft, private policing and the law in Modern England. London: Continuum, Bloomsbury Press.
The growth of crime and crime control in developing towns: Timaru and Crewe, 1850–1920 (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. S., & Dunstall, G. (2013). The growth of crime and crime control in developing towns: Timaru and Crewe, 1850–1920. In Crime and Empire 1840-1940: Criminal Justice in Local and Global Context (pp. 135-144). doi:10.4324/9781843925804
2012
'Protecting the Population: bureaucracy, affectivity and governing the Liverpool Blitz' (Chapter)
AdeyP, P., Godfrey, B., & Cox, D. (2012). 'Protecting the Population: bureaucracy, affectivity and governing the Liverpool Blitz'. In Ordnance: war, architecture, space. (pp. xx). Farnham: Ashgate.
At the crossroads, but which way to go? (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2012). At the crossroads, but which way to go?. In The Magistracy at the Crossroads (pp. 83-91). London: Waterside Press.
Discipline (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2012). Discipline. In The Victorian World (pp. 415-431). London: Routledge.
2011
Critical Historical Perspectives on Crime (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2011). Critical Historical Perspectives on Crime. In W. S. DeKeseredy, & M. Dragiewicz (Eds.), The Handbook of Critical Criminology (pp. 209-223). London: Routledge.
Historical and Archival Research Methods (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2011). Historical and Archival Research Methods. In D. Gadd, S. Karstedt, & S. Mesner (Eds.), The Handbook on Criminology Research Methods (pp. 159-175). New York: Sage.
Private Policing and the Workplace: The Worsted Committee and the Policing of Labour in Northern England, 1840-80 (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2011). Private Policing and the Workplace: The Worsted Committee and the Policing of Labour in Northern England, 1840-80. In P. Lawrence (Ed.), The New Police in the Nineteenth Century, (pp. xx). Farnham: Ashgate.
2010
Serious Offenders: A Historical Study of Habitual Criminals (Book)
Godfrey, B. S., Cox, D., & Farrall, S. (2010). Serious Offenders: A Historical Study of Habitual Criminals. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2009
'"The most troublesome woman in Crewe" : Crime, gender and sentencing, 1880-1940' (Chapter)
Godfrey, B., Cox, D., & D'Cruse, S. (2009). '"The most troublesome woman in Crewe" : Crime, gender and sentencing, 1880-1940'. In Crime, Violence and the Nation State (pp. 249-292). New York: Edwin Mellen.
The role of historically-embedded structures in processes of criminal reform A structural criminology of desistance (Journal article)
Farrall, S., Godfrey, B., & Cox, D. (2009). The role of historically-embedded structures in processes of criminal reform A structural criminology of desistance. THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY, 13(1), 79-104. doi:10.1177/1362480608100174
2008
'The Last Fleet': Crime, reformation, and punishment in Western Australia after 1868 (Journal article)
Godfrey, B., & Cox, D. J. (2008). 'The Last Fleet': Crime, reformation, and punishment in Western Australia after 1868. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 41(2), 236-258. doi:10.1375/acri.41.2.236
Changing prosecution practices and their impact on crime figures, 1857-1940 (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (2008). Changing prosecution practices and their impact on crime figures, 1857-1940. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 48(2), 171-189. doi:10.1093/bjc/azm071
History and Crime (Book)
History & Crime (2008). . SAGE Publications Ltd. doi:10.4135/9781446213452
2007
Criminal LivesFamily Life, Employment, and Offending (Book)
Godfrey, B. S., Cox, D. J., & Farrall, S. (2007). Criminal LivesFamily Life, Employment, and Offending. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199217205.001.0001
'Setting the Scene: The History of Victims' (Chapter)
Kearon, T., & Godfrey, B. (2007). 'Setting the Scene: The History of Victims'. In S. Walklate (Ed.), The Handbook of Victims and Victimology (pp. 17-37). Cullompton: Willan.
Criminal Lives: Family, Employment and Offending (Book)
Godfrey, B., Cox, D., & Farrall, S. (2007). Criminal Lives: Family, Employment and Offending. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Violence and disorder, 1880-1914: Similar trends, similar offences and similar explanations? (Chapter)
Godfrey, B., & Dunstall, G. (2007). Violence and disorder, 1880-1914: Similar trends, similar offences and similar explanations?. In Assaulting the Past (pp. 141-162). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholar Press.
`Persistent offenders in the North West of England, 1880-1940: Some critical research questions' (Journal article)
Cox, D., Farrall, S., & Godfrey, B. (2007). `Persistent offenders in the North West of England, 1880-1940: Some critical research questions'. Crimes and Misdemeanours: Law in Historical Dimension, 1(1). Retrieved from http://www.pbs.plymouth.ac.uk/solon/journalVol1Issue1.htm
2006
Introduction (Journal article)
Karstedt, S., Levi, M., & Godfrey, B. (2006). Introduction. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 46(6), 971-975. doi:10.1093/bjc/azl077
Ontological boundaries and temporal watersheds in the development of white-collar crime (Journal article)
Locker, J. P., & Godfrey, B. (2006). Ontological boundaries and temporal watersheds in the development of white-collar crime. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 46(6), 976-992. doi:10.1093/bjc/azl081
Markets, Risk and 'White-collar' Crimes: Moral Economies from Victorian times to Enron (Book)
Godfrey, B., Karstedt, S., & Levi, M. (Eds.) (2006). Markets, Risk and 'White-collar' Crimes: Moral Economies from Victorian times to Enron. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
`Community `Law', Policing, and the Structures of Legitimacy' (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (2006). `Community `Law', Policing, and the Structures of Legitimacy'. Crime, History and Society/Crime Histoire et Societe, 10(1), 26.
2005
Explaining gendered sentencing patterns for violent men and women in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. S., Farrall, S., & Karstedt, S. (2005). Explaining gendered sentencing patterns for violent men and women in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 45(5), 696-720. doi:10.1093/bjc/azi028
Cinderellas and Packhorses: the Shropshire Bench (Book)
Godfrey, B., & Cox, D. (Eds.) (2005). Cinderellas and Packhorses: the Shropshire Bench. Shrewsbury: Logaston press.
Crime and Justice, 1750-1950 (Book)
Godfrey, B., & Lawrence, P. (2005). Crime and Justice, 1750-1950. Cullompton: Willan.
`Explaining gendered sentencing patterns for violent men and women in the late Victorian and Edwardian period' (Journal article)
Godfrey, B., Farrall, S., & Karstedt, S. (2005). `Explaining gendered sentencing patterns for violent men and women in the late Victorian and Edwardian period'. British Journal of Criminology, 45(3).
2004
Loss, collective memory and transcripted oral histories (Journal article)
GODFREY, B. S., & RICHARDSON, J. C. (2004). Loss, collective memory and transcripted oral histories. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 7(2), 143-155. doi:10.1080/13645570210155050
'Loss, collective memory and transcripted oral histories' (Chapter)
Godfrey, B., & Richardson, J. (2004). 'Loss, collective memory and transcripted oral histories'. In Life Story Research (pp. 143-155). London: Sage.
Persistence in Crime and the Impact of Significant Life-Changes (Chapter)
Godfrey, B., Farrall, S., & Locker, J. (2004). Persistence in Crime and the Impact of Significant Life-Changes. In M. Porret, & C. Emsley (Eds.), Recidivists and Recidivism from the Renaissance to the 21st Century (pp. xx). Geneva: Droz.
Self-identity, empathy, and sympathy in reading transcripts (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2004). Self-identity, empathy, and sympathy in reading transcripts. In Narrative, Memory and Identity (pp. xx). Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield Press.
`"Rough" Girls: The `recent' history of violent young women, 1900-1930' (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2004). `"Rough" Girls: The `recent' history of violent young women, 1900-1930'. In A. Worrall, & C. Alder (Eds.), Criminal Girls (pp. xx). Albany: SUNY Press.
2003
Towards ethical practice in the use of archived transcripted interviews (Journal article)
Richardson, J. C., & Godfrey, B. S. (2003). Towards ethical practice in the use of archived transcripted interviews. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6(4), 347-355. doi:10.1080/13645570210142874
Counting and accounting for the decline in non-lethal violence in England, Australia, and New Zealand, 1880-1920 (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (2003). Counting and accounting for the decline in non-lethal violence in England, Australia, and New Zealand, 1880-1920. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 43(2), 340-353. doi:10.1093/bjc/43.2.340
'Towards ethical practice in the use of transcribed oral interviews' (Journal article)
Richardson, J., & Godfrey, B. (2003). 'Towards ethical practice in the use of transcribed oral interviews'. ational Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6(4), 200-214.
`Dear Reader I killed him': Ethical and emotional issues in researching convicted murderers through the analysis of interview transcripts' (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (2003). `Dear Reader I killed him': Ethical and emotional issues in researching convicted murderers through the analysis of interview transcripts'. Oral History, 31(1), 54-64.
`Sentencing, Theatre, Audience and Communication: The Victorian and Edwardian magistrates' courts and their message' (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (2003). `Sentencing, Theatre, Audience and Communication: The Victorian and Edwardian magistrates' courts and their message'. In B. Garnier (Ed.), Les Témoins devant la justice (pp. 161-171). Rennes: Presses Univ. de Rennes.
2002
Private Policing and the Workplace: The Worsted Committee and the Policing of Labour in Northern England, 1840-80 (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (2002). Private Policing and the Workplace: The Worsted Committee and the Policing of Labour in Northern England, 1840-80. Criminal Justice History Special Issue: Policing and War in Europe, 16, 87-107.
2001
Ethics and transcribed oral history (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (2001). Ethics and transcribed oral history. Journal of the Australian Oral History Association, 74-80.
Jack the Ripper and fin de siecle anxiety: `Re-positioning agency (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (2001). Jack the Ripper and fin de siecle anxiety: `Re-positioning agency. Newsletter Moderne, 24-27.
The Nineteenth-Century Decline of Custom, and its Impact on Theories of ‘Workplace Theft’ and ‘White Collar’ Crime (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. S., & Locker, J. P. (2001). The Nineteenth-Century Decline of Custom, and its Impact on Theories of ‘Workplace Theft’ and ‘White Collar’ Crime. Northern History, 38(2), 261-273. doi:10.1179/007817201790180676
The nineteenth-century decline of custom and its impact on theories of `workplace theft' and `white collar' crime (Journal article)
Godfrey, B., & Locker, J. (2001). The nineteenth-century decline of custom and its impact on theories of `workplace theft' and `white collar' crime. Northern History, 260-273.
1999
Judicial Impartiality and the Use of the Criminal Law: The West Riding Magistracy and the Sentencing of workplace appropriators, 1840-80 (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (1999). Judicial Impartiality and the Use of the Criminal Law: The West Riding Magistracy and the Sentencing of workplace appropriators, 1840-80. Crime, History and Society/Crime Histoire et Societe, 3(2), 57-72.
Law, factory discipline and 'theft' - The impact of the factory on workplace appropriation in mid to late nineteenth-century Yorkshire (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (1999). Law, factory discipline and 'theft' - The impact of the factory on workplace appropriation in mid to late nineteenth-century Yorkshire. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, 39(1), 56-71. doi:10.1093/bjc/39.1.56
The Impact of the Factory on Workplace Appropriation in the Nineteenth-Century (Journal article)
Godfrey, B. (1999). The Impact of the Factory on Workplace Appropriation in the Nineteenth-Century. British Journal of Criminology, 39(1), 56-71.
Workplace Appropriation and the Gendering of Factory "Law": West Yorkshire, 1840-80 (Chapter)
Godfrey, B. (1999). Workplace Appropriation and the Gendering of Factory "Law": West Yorkshire, 1840-80. In M. Arnot, & C. Usborne (Eds.), Gender and Crime in Modern Europe (pp. xx). London: UCL Press.