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Women and Crime in Early Modern Holland.
"Crime is men's business, isn't it? Women are responsible for 10 percent of crime in Europe. Yet, if we look at the Dutch Republic in the early modern period, we find that in the towns of Holland women played a much larger role in crime. In a number of early modern towns about half of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2016.
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| Colección: | Crime and city in history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Series Editors' Preface ; Preface; List of Graphs, Tables and Figures; Chapter 1; Research on Criminal Women in Holland from 1550 to 1800; Crime Figures in the Early Modern Period; Explanations for Female Crime; The Criminal Woman Vanishes; The Special Position of Holland; Chapter 2; Crime and Punishment; Serious Crimes; Administration of Justice; Criminal Procedure; Settlements with the Public Prosecutor; Sentencing; Reporting Crime and Chances of Arrest; The Importance of Honor and Reputation; Chapter 3; Infanticide; Prosecution for Infanticide; Unwed Motherhood.
- Money and Honor Driven by Desperation; Chapter 4; Women and Petty Theft; Differences between Men and Women; A Consumer Revolution in Theft; Poverty as a Motive for Theft; Chapter 5; Aggressive Women in the Neighborhood; Violence: A Male Crime?; Statistics on Women and Violence; Patterns of Violence by Women; A Public Life; Chapter 6; Promiscuous Women; What are Sexual Offenses?; Legislation; Carnal Intercourse; Cohabitation; Compelled by Circumstances; Adultery; The Hard Lives of Sailors' Wives; Outside Assistance; Chapter 7; Against Authority; Women's Role in Unrest.
- Begging Tax Evasion; Chapter 8; Victim or Perpetrator?; Rape and Assault; Incest; Domestic Violence; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.