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Women, Crime and Justice in England since 1660

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Women, Crime and Justice in England since 1660

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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 fraud The 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.

Author Biography:

SHANI D'CRUZE is an Honorary Reader in the Research Institute for Law, Politics and Justice at the University of Keele, UK. LOUISE A. JACKSON is Senior Lecturer in the School of History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Release date NZ
June 30th, 2009
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
240 p.
Imprint
Red Globe Press
Pages
240
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
156x234x14
ISBN-13
9781403989734
Product ID
3134314

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