initial discussion on 3 year plan

Posted by on 22 Apr 2008 in Activity Log

Met with SD to confirm details of SSHRC grant and have initial discussion.

SD has $87,000 over 3 years (28k, 28k, 31k) to fund research (including travel for him to England) of the data, preparation of the data and creation of a website containing a searchable database and a graphical representation of trials in the dataset.

State of data:
1689 - 1730 limited or no data at present (end of year 3)
1730 - 1810 data needs minor correction and normalization (end of year 1)
1810 - 1837 data needs major work (end of year 2)
"respited larcenies" will likely be included, Simon to consider and decide

Simon will want to add a couple of fields to accommodate links to external sources (images of the original documents etc.)

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Capital Trials at the Old Bailey

Simon Devereaux has approximately 10,000 records of people convicted in potentially capital cases between 1710 and 1840 in London heard at the Old Bailey court. This project will create a web-based database which will allow interested researchers and members of the public to compose queries on that data (e.g. women charged with robbery 1710-1720). It must be able to support a range of queries and produce output allowing researchers to identify trends in judicial practice over that time.