Women, Crime and Justice in England Since 1660

by Shani D'Cruze and Louise A. Jackson

Book Overview

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 4 centuries. Major issues include:

- Attitudes towards murder and infanticide
- Prostitution
- The decline of witchcraft belief
- Sexual violence
- The 'girl delinquent'
- Theft and fraud...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403989737
• ISBN13: 9781403989734
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"