Greg Smith

Greg Smith is a historian of Early Modern Britain with a focus on the social history of crime and the law. His current research is on the first institutions for the punishment and reform of criminal or delinquent children in Britain. He served previously as the Associate Dean of Arts and is currently the University's Vice-Provost (Academic Planning & Programs).

• PhD (History), University of Toronto
• MA (History), University of Toronto
• BA (Hons) (History), University of British Columbia

Research interests

• Early Modern Britain
• Social history of crime and violence
• London 1600-1850
• Legal history
• Juvenile delinquency and reform
• Adolescence and youth culture

• "Muffled Voices: Recovering Children’s Voices from England’s Social Margins" in Children's Voices from the Past: New Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, eds. Kristine Moruzi, Nell Musgrove, Carla Leahy, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• “Long-Term Trends in Female and Male Involvement in Crime” in The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime, eds. Rosemary Gartner and Bill McCarthy, Oxford University Press, 2014.
• Summary Justice in the City: A Selection of Cases Heard at the Guildhall Justice Room, 1752-1781 ed. Greg T. Smith. Boydell & Brewer, 2013.
• City Limits: Perspectives on the Historical European City eds. Glenn Clark, Judith Owens, and Greg T. Smith. McGill-Queens University Press, 2010.