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Wicked ladies : provincial women, crime and the eighteenth-century English justice system / by Gregory J. Durston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Durston, Gregory, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female offenders--England--History--18th century.
- Female offenders.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--England--History--18th century.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-6599-0
- OCLC:
- 887508409
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