Women Crime And Justice In England Since 1660

Introduces students to key debates and trends in the study of women's relationship to the criminal justice system in England. This book explores such areas as attitudes towards murder and infanticide, sexual violence, prostitution, the 'girl delinquent', and women's experience of penal regimes. Review: 'Clear, comprehensive, engaging and well written.

This book covers all of the main aspects of 'women and crime' over the last 350 years and does so in a detailed yet accessible way that makes it suitable for the undergraduate or new reader' - Helen Johnston, University of Hull, UK 'This book is an outstanding achievement. It not only fills a major gap in textbook offerings in the area of criminal justice history in general, it also offers a comprehensive - perhaps even a pioneering - survey of one of that area's most perennially fascinating topics: the criminality of women' - Simon Devereaux, University of Victoria, Canada