Wayward Women: Female Offending in Victorian England.

We most often think of the Victorian female offender in her most archetypal and stereotypical roles; the polite lady shoplifter, stowing all manner of valuables beneath her voluminous crinolines, the tragic street waif of Dickensian fiction or the vicious femme fatale who wreaked her terrible reveng...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Lucy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 2016.
Temas:
1800-1901
Female offenders > England > History > 19th century.
Criminelles > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Female offenders
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Victoria)
England
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Dedication
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Infamous Creatures
  • Chapter 1: Locked Away, Sent Away, Launched into Eternity: Punishment in Victorian England
  • Chapter 2: Got to Pick a Pocket or Two?: Crimes of Property
  • Photo Gallery
  • Chapter 3: The Brutal Side of the Gentle Sex: Violent Women
  • Chapter 4: The Demon Drink and the Great Social Evil: Challenging Public Order
  • Conclusion
  • For the Intrigued Reader

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