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The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:36:14 GMT

clipped by: tommy2balmy
clipper's remarks: Incredible reading, especially if you are interested in the history of English law

Clip Source: www.oldbaileyonline.org

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913

A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.

A collaboration between the Open University, and the Universities of Hertfordshire and Sheffield, this project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Big Lottery Fund. Project Directors are Clive Emsley, Tim Hitchcock, and Robert Shoemaker. It is published by HRI Online Publications, and technical services were provided by the Higher Education Digitisation Service and HRI Digital at the Humanities Research Institute. See About this Project.

Tags: history, law, laws, england, criminal

Historic Trials go On Line

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:13:10 GMT

clipped by: abailart
clipper's remarks: www.oldbaileyonline.org/

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The crimes of Dr Crippen, Oscar Wilde and the suffragettes are among those detailed online on an expanded website.

Some of the most sensational cases ever to be tried in Britain are detailed

The project's directors say the site conveys not only the drama of the trials, but also a wealth of details about ordinary life at the time.

Crimes detailed include pickpocketing, terrorism, murder and stealing a ship to use in the slave trade

If you want to know how to order a plate of oysters in an East End pub, or what not to wear to church in Islington, the information is all here

the Proceedings give us a new and remarkable access to the everyday.

Some of the most sensational cases ever to be tried in Britain are detailed, including that of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen, who killed his wife and set up with his lover before fleeing to Canada.

Also detailed is Oscar Wilde's conviction for indecency, which saw the writer jailed

Tags: old bailey trials, history

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:05:54 GMT

clipped by: Moonowler
clipper's remarks: The Old Bailey Online site has online transcripts of historical London trials. The site "contains 101,102 trials, from April 1674 to October 1834".
There are a multitude of ways to sift through the data - you can search by crime, by punishment, by defendant name, by year and many others.

Clip Source: www.oldbaileyonline.org

A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.

Contains 101,102 trials, from April 1674 to October 1834

Tags: database, 16th-century, 17th-century, 18th-century, 19th-century, england, london

Male Circumcision Reduces HIV Risk

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:39:45 GMT

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Clip Source: www.eurekalert.org

A University of Illinois at Chicago study has been stopped early due to preliminary results indicating that medical circumcision of men reduces their risk of acquiring HIV during heterosexual intercourse by 53 percent.

The study's independent Data Safety and Monitoring Board met Dec. 12 to review the interim data. Based on the board's review, the National Institutes of Health halted the trial and recommended that all men enrolled in the study who remain uncircumcised be offered circumcision.

"Circumcision is now a proven, effective prevention strategy to reduce HIV infections in men," said Robert Bailey, professor of epidemiology in the UIC School of Public Health and principal investigator of the study.

The clinical trial, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Canadian Institute of Health Research, enrolled 2,784 HIV negative, uncircumcised men between 18 and 24 years old in Kisumu, Kenya.

Half the men were randomly assigned to circumcision, half remained uncircumcised. All men enrolled in the study received free HIV testing and counseling, medical care, tests and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, condoms and behavioral risk counseling for 24 months.

Study results show that 22 of the 1,393 circumcised men in the study contracted HIV, compared to 47 of the 1,391 uncircumcised men. In other words, circumcised men had 53 percent fewer HIV infections than uncircumcised men.

Until now, public health organizations have not supported circumcision as a method of HIV prevention due to a lack of randomized controlled trials.

"With these findings, the evidence is now available for donor and normative agencies, like WHO and UNAIDS, to actively promote circumcision in a safe context and along with other HIV prevention strategies," Bailey said.

Tags: science, biology, health, medicine, circumcision, reproduction, hiv, aids, std, africa, university of illinois