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Dead woman walking : executed women in England and Wales, 1900-1955 / Anette Ballinger

By: Ballinger, Anette.
Series: Socio-legal studies series. Publisher: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate/Dartmouth, c2000Description: ix, 374 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 184014789X.Subject(s): Capital punishment -- England -- Sex differences | Capital punishment -- Wales -- Sex differences | Executions and executioners -- England -- History -- 20th century | Executions and executioners -- Wales -- History -- 20th century | Women murderers -- England | Women murderers -- WalesDDC classification: 364.15230942
Contents:
Preface. - Acknowledgements. - 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. - Appendixes. - Bibliography. - Index.
Summary: "The first major study of women and capital punishment, this book is a fascinating and critical study of the lives, crimes, trail and punishment of the fifteen women who were executed in England and Wales in the 20th century. Combining key biographical details with previously unpublished archive material, it expands the borders of existing feminist/sociological theory to reveal disturbing evidence of miscarrages of justice and unsafe convictions. The results is a highly readable and controversial book, which will be essential reading for sociologists and criminologists alike." - Front cover flap
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Preface. - Acknowledgements. - 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. - Appendixes. - Bibliography. - Index.

"The first major study of women and capital punishment, this book is a fascinating and critical study of the lives, crimes, trail and punishment of the fifteen women who were executed in England and Wales in the 20th century. Combining key biographical details with previously unpublished archive material, it expands the borders of existing feminist/sociological theory to reveal disturbing evidence of miscarrages of justice and unsafe convictions. The results is a highly readable and controversial book, which will be essential reading for sociologists and criminologists alike." - Front cover flap