Gender and punishment in Ireland : women, murder and the death penalty, 1922-64 /

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In the decades after Irish independence, 292 women were prosecuted for murder, facing the threat of conviction and death sentencing. Within a rising atmosphere of hostility to women, moral rigidity, sexual repression and Catholic Church control, this book explores the meanings and responses to women...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Black, Lynsey (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Sujets:
1900-1999
Capital punishment > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Women murderers > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Peine de mort > Irlande > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Meurtrières > Irlande > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Europe / Ireland.
Capital punishment.
Women murderers.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
True Crime.
Ireland.
Catholic Church.
Magdalen Laundries.
Mother and Baby Homes.
criminal insanity.
death penalty.
infanticide.
punishment.
sentencing.
women's prisons.
History.
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