Women, Crime and Justice in England since 1660

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Synopsis

Shani D'Cruze and Louise A. Jackson provide students with a lively overview of women's relationship to the criminal justice system in England, exploring key debates in the regulation of 'respectable' and 'deviant' femininities over the last four centuries. Major issues include:• attitudes towards murder and infanticide * prostitution• the decline of witchcraft belief * sexual violence• the 'girl delinquent' * theft and fraudThe volume also examines women's participation in illegal forms of protest and political activism, their experience of penal regimes as well as strategies of resistance, and their involvement in occupations associated with criminal justice itself. Assuming that men and women cannot be studied in isolation, D'Cruze and Jackson make reference to recent studies of masculinity and comment on the ways in which relations between men and women have been understood and negotiated across time.Featuring examples drawn from a rich range of sources such as court records, autobiographies, literature and film, this is an ideal introduction to an increasingly popular area of study.

Book details

Edition:
2009
Series:
Gender and History
Author:
Louise Jackson, Shani D'Cruze
ISBN:
9781137057204
Related ISBNs:
9781403989727
Publisher:
Macmillan Education UK
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-12-13
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2009
Copyright by:
Shani D'Cruze, Louise Jackson 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Social Studies