Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP140100783
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Capital Offending: Income, Work and Crime in Australia’s Convict Era. At least 60 per cent of Australia’s current prison population has been in prison before. By contrast a mere 18 per cent of transported convicts were re-incarcerated following release. This project aims to use information on the bank accounts maintained for convicts while under sentence to measure the relationship between capital formation and post-sentence marriage, migration and reconviction rates. It will look in particular at the extent to which skills, employment opportunities and asset accumulation enabled former transported convicts to go straight. It will also result in improved archival search engines enabling access for members of the public to internationally recognised record groups hitherto held by different institutions.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2015
End Date: 09-2018
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $342,777.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Historical Studies | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Causes and Prevention of Crime
