Rock, Paul Elliot 
ORCID: 0000-0002-4110-432X
(2020)
The role of the Church of England in the liberalising of criminal legislation of the 1960s.
Contemporary British History, 34 (3).
pp. 389-408.
ISSN 1361-9462
Abstract
This paper describes the rather neglected role played by committees of the Church of England in rewording and promoting a set of arguments that facilitated the reform of a number of repressive laws in mid-twentieth century England and Wales. It is in part a comment on the manner in which the Church provided a clear-eyed understanding of some of the major moral upheavals of the time, drawing on classic utilitarian principles. It is also a comment on our propensity to lose sight of interesting and influential passages in the history of criminal justice.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
| Divisions: | Sociology |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2022 15:12 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2024 02:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/115745 |
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