ABSTRACT
Historical criminology, even when based on no more than documents in an archive, does involve a series of ethical issues. These have to do with the collection of historical evidence, the use of theory, the moral message of the story and the construction of memory. To illustrate some of these issues, this chapter presents a recent case of fraud in historical research, reviews controversies between historians in writing history and discusses the aims of crime museums which have become popular in recent years.
