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Women and Violent Crime in Enlightenment Scotland (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)
Anne-Marie Kilday
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Paperback. A complete reappraisal of the scale and significance of female criminality in a period of major legislative changes. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 194 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
A complete reappraisal of the scale and significance of female criminality in a period of major legislative changes. This book offers important new insights into the relationship between crime and gender in Scotland during the Enlightenment period. Against the backdrop of significant legislative changes that fundamentally altered the face of Scots law, Anne-Marie Kilday examines contemporary attitudes towards serious offences against the person committed by women. She draws particularly on rich and varied court records to explores female criminality and judicial responses to it in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Through a series of case studies of homicide, ... Read more
A complete reappraisal of the scale and significance of female criminality in a period of major legislative changes. This book offers important new insights into the relationship between crime and gender in Scotland during the Enlightenment period. Against the backdrop of significant legislative changes that fundamentally altered the face of Scots law, Anne-Marie Kilday examines contemporary attitudes towards serious offences against the person committed by women. She draws particularly on rich and varied court records to explores female criminality and judicial responses to it in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Through a series of case studies of homicide, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
307g
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780861933303
SKU
V9780861933303
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Reviews for Women and Violent Crime in Enlightenment Scotland (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)
Offers a threefold contribution to the historiography by adding to and consolidating knowledge about crime, Scottish social history, and the experiences of women in the eighteenth century.
LIMINA
An invaluable contribution to the almost nonexistent field of Scottish criminal justice history, Women and Violent Crime in Enlightenment Scotland is also of great interest to scholars engaged in comparative ... Read more
LIMINA
An invaluable contribution to the almost nonexistent field of Scottish criminal justice history, Women and Violent Crime in Enlightenment Scotland is also of great interest to scholars engaged in comparative ... Read more