Wicked Ladies : Provincial Women, Crime and the Eighteenth-Century English Justice System.
Durston, Gregory J.
Wicked Ladies : Provincial Women, Crime and the Eighteenth-Century English Justice System. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. - 1 online resource (341 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-295) and index.
Acknowledgements; chapter one -- introduction; chapter two -- prosecution and punishment; chapter three -- homicide and assault; chapter four -- infanticide and abortion; chapter five -- property crime; chapter six -- arson and coining; chapter seven -- general conclusion; bibliography; index.
In recent years, much has been published on women, crime and justice in English history. However, for a variety of reasons, particularly the ready availability of source material for the capital, such research has tended to have an overwhelmingly Metropolitan focus. This book aims to redress the balance for the 'long' eighteenth century by concentrating on women from outside the London area. Although vitally important to the wider country, the Metropolis always contained a small minority of t ...
9781443865999 (electronic bk.) 1443865990 (electronic bk.) 132205729X 9781322057293 1443842699 9781443842693
636980 MIL
1700-1799
Female offenders--History--England--18th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of--History--England--18th century.
Criminelles--Histoire--Angleterre--18e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Criminology.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Female offenders.
England.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HV6046 .D87 2013
364.374094209033
Wicked Ladies : Provincial Women, Crime and the Eighteenth-Century English Justice System. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. - 1 online resource (341 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-295) and index.
Acknowledgements; chapter one -- introduction; chapter two -- prosecution and punishment; chapter three -- homicide and assault; chapter four -- infanticide and abortion; chapter five -- property crime; chapter six -- arson and coining; chapter seven -- general conclusion; bibliography; index.
In recent years, much has been published on women, crime and justice in English history. However, for a variety of reasons, particularly the ready availability of source material for the capital, such research has tended to have an overwhelmingly Metropolitan focus. This book aims to redress the balance for the 'long' eighteenth century by concentrating on women from outside the London area. Although vitally important to the wider country, the Metropolis always contained a small minority of t ...
9781443865999 (electronic bk.) 1443865990 (electronic bk.) 132205729X 9781322057293 1443842699 9781443842693
636980 MIL
1700-1799
Female offenders--History--England--18th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of--History--England--18th century.
Criminelles--Histoire--Angleterre--18e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Criminology.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Female offenders.
England.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HV6046 .D87 2013
364.374094209033