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.
| ISBN: | 9780861932825 |
| Publication date: | 13th July 2006 |
| Author: | Deirdre Palk, Royal Historical Society Great Britain |
| Publisher: | Royal Historical Society an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 202 pages |
| Series: | Royal Historical Society Studies in History. New Series |
| Genres: |
General and world history |
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.
Gender, Crime and Judicial Discretion 1780-1830 features in the following genres: General and world history
Gender, Crime and Judicial Discretion 1780-1830 is available in Hardback
Gender, Crime and Judicial Discretion 1780-1830 was written by Deirdre Palk, Royal Historical Society Great Britain and published by Royal Historical Society an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Gender, Crime and Judicial Discretion 1780-1830 has 202 pages
Yes it is part of Royal Historical Society Studies in History. New Series series