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  {
    "article_id": "5711803",
    "title": "British Transportation Registers, 1787-1867",
    "doi": "10.15131/shef.data.5711803.v1",
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      "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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        "full_name": "Digital Panopticon",
        "first_name": "Digital",
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    "published_date": "2018-01-10T09:23:21Z",
    "description": "<div>This dataset is an enhanced version of the British Transportation Registers Database, created by the State Library of Queensland. The information given includes the name of the prisoner, date of transportation and ship, sentence and information about conviction. </div><div><br></div><div>The transportation registers include convicts from England, Wales and Scotland, and cover the entire period of convict transportation to Australia from 1787 to 1867. The registers are particularly useful for confirming whether prisoners who had been sentenced to transportation were in fact transported, as well as including information about those who died during the voyage, and to which colonies they were sent.</div><div><br></div>",
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  {
    "article_id": "5688700",
    "title": "England and Wales Criminal Registers (Middlesex), 1791-1802",
    "doi": "10.15131/shef.data.5688700.v1",
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    "authors": [
      {
        "id": 4750644,
        "full_name": "Digital Panopticon",
        "first_name": "Digital",
        "last_name": "Panopticon",
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    ],
    "published_date": "2018-01-10T09:23:49Z",
    "description": "<div>The dataset has been created from registers of prisoners in Newgate Prison charged with indictable offences, most for trial at the Old Bailey. The information given includes the name of the prisoner, offences charged and outcomes, with physical descriptions and biographical details in many cases. </div><div><br></div><div>In the 19th century, British prisons recorded ever-increasing amounts of physical, biometric and biographical information about prisoners. However, it is very unusual for 18th-century records to contain this type of detail, and these registers are consequently a rare and rich source. (Indeed, they surpass many 19th-century prison records because they are not restricted to convicted prisoners.) Their usefulness is further enhanced by information about the outcomes of cases.<br></div>",
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  {
    "article_id": "5712118",
    "title": "Judges' Reports on Criminals convicted at the Old Bailey, 1784-1827",
    "doi": "10.15131/shef.data.5712118.v1",
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    "license": {
      "value": 1,
      "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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    },
    "authors": [
      {
        "id": 4750644,
        "full_name": "Digital Panopticon",
        "first_name": "Digital",
        "last_name": "Panopticon",
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    ],
    "published_date": "2018-01-10T09:23:02Z",
    "description": "<div>The dataset has been created from The National Archives' summary descriptions for more than 1000 pardoning reports and letters which were written by judges about individuals convicted at the Old Bailey between 1784 and 1827. The information given typically includes the name of the convict, the date of the trial and the sentence passed, the grounds cited in favour of clemency, and the recommendation (if any) made by the judge.</div><div><br></div><div>Offenders who had been convicted and sentenced by the courts were permitted to petition the crown for the reduction or revocation of their sentence. The Home Office usually forwarded these petitions to the trial judge (or the Recorder of London), asking for a report and recommendation on the case. In most instances the Home Office followed the recommendation made by the judge. These records often provide valuable information about prisoners and the actual outcomes of their cases after sentencing.</div>",
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  },
  {
    "article_id": "5697994",
    "title": "Metropolitan Police Register of Habitual Criminals, 1881-1925",
    "doi": "10.15131/shef.data.5697994.v1",
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    },
    "authors": [
      {
        "id": 4750644,
        "full_name": "Digital Panopticon",
        "first_name": "Digital",
        "last_name": "Panopticon",
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    ],
    "published_date": "2018-01-10T09:23:38Z",
    "description": "<div>The dataset has been created from registers of \"habitual\" criminals recorded on their release from prisons in England and Wales between 1881 and 1925. The information given includes the name of the prisoner, year and place of birth, height, physical appearance, occupation, conviction and sentence details, previous convictions, prison and intended destination on liberation.</div><div><br></div><div>The Habitual Criminal Registers were created expressly for the purpose of enabling future detection of repeat offenders. As such, they contain valuable information for the project's research exploring long-term recidivism, especially after the Old Bailey Proceedings ceased publication in 1913. Information about previous offending facilitates direct linkage to Old Bailey offenders, and detailed personal information aids more probabilistic linkage methods. </div>",
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  },
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    "article_id": "5688592",
    "title": "Middlesex and Westminster Calendars of Prisoners tried at Sessions of the Peace, 1836-1889",
    "doi": "10.15131/shef.data.5688592.v1",
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    },
    "authors": [
      {
        "id": 4761153,
        "full_name": "Sharon Howard",
        "first_name": "Sharon",
        "last_name": "Howard",
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    "published_date": "2017-12-11T16:53:45Z",
    "description": "The dataset has been created from printed lists of prisoners tried at Middlesex or Westminster Sessions of the Peace. The information given includes the name of the prisoner, age, occupation, level of literacy, previous convictions, offence charged with, date tried, verdict and sentence. <div><br></div><div>The Calendars represent a source for offences and punishments at a lower level in the justice system than the Old Bailey, in order to trace previous offending and recidivism. The prisoners in the Calendars can be linked to Old Bailey offenders directly using information about previous offending, and more probabilistically by linkage on personal information (names, ages, occupations, etc).<br></div>",
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