| Gender, Crime and Judicial Discretion, 1780-1830 Contributor(s): Palk, Deirdre (Author) |
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ISBN: 086193282X ISBN-13: 9780861932825 Publisher: Royal Historical Society OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2006 Annotation: Crimes in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were both committed and judged differently, depending on whether the culprit was male or female. Based on a wide range of primary material, this book follows the journeys of men and women implicated in the capital crimes of shoplifting, pickpocketing and distributing forged banknotes, through their trials and on to death, transportation, imprisonment or even to complete freedom. This study of the English judicial system in London provides a detailed view of its complex workings, with particular attention to the role, and apparently more lenient treatment, of women. The evidence presented also sheds light on the complex decision-making policies of a criminal justice administration burdened by the weight of increasing criminal business. DEIRDRE PALK is an independent researcher in eighteenth and nineteenth-century social and administrative history. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 364.942 |
| Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 212 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Crimes in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were both committed and judged differently, depending on whether the culprit was male or female. Based on a wide range of primary material, this book follows the journeys of men and women implicated in the capital crimes of shoplifting, pickpocketing and distributing forged banknotes, through their trials and on to death, transportation, imprisonment or even to complete freedom. This study of the English judicial system in London provides a detailed view of its complex workings, with particular attention to the role, and apparently more lenient treatment, of women. The evidence presented also sheds light on the complex decision-making policies of a criminal justice administration burdened by the weight of increasing criminal business. DEIRDRE PALK is an independent researcher in eighteenth and nineteenth-century social and administrativehistory. |