- Professor of History, The Open University
Rosalind Crone is Professor of History at the Open University. She is a 19th century social historian with a particular interest in criminal justice, gender, and education. She is author of Violent Victorians: Popular Entertainment in Nineteenth-Century London (2012), Guide to the Criminal Prisons of Nineteenth Century England (2018), and Illiterate Inmates: Educating Criminals in Nineteenth Century England (2022). She is project lead for www.prisonhistory.org.
Experience
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2022–presentProfessor in History, The Open University
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2009–2022Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in History, The Open University
Publications
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2022Illiterate Inmates: Educating Criminals in 19th Century England, Oxford University Press
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2012Violent Victorians: Popular Entertainment in 19th Century London, Manchester University Press
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