Dead Woman Walking: Executed Women in England and Wales, 1900-55

ISBN-13: 9781138736962 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 384 str.

Anette Ballinger

Opis

This title was first published in 2000:  Between 1900 and 1950 130 women were sentenced to death for murder in England and Wales.

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. From Antiquity to Modernity: A Social History of Capital Punishment and Gender. 3. Beyond Traditional and Revisionist Theory: Feminist Theory and the Power to Punish. 4. Women as Child-Killers: Four Case-Studies. 5. Women Killing other Women. 6. Women Who Kill their Male Partners. 7. Conclusion.

O autorze

Anette Ballinger