Women, Crime and Justice in England since 1660

Shani D''Cruze and Louise A. Jackson provide students with a lively overview of women''s relationship to the criminal justice system in England, exploring key debates in the regulation of ''respectable'' and ''deviant'' femininities over the last 4 centuries. Major issues include:

- Attitudes towards murder and infanticide
- Prostitution
- The decline of witchcraft belief
- Sexual violence
- The ''girl...