Criminal women 1850-1920 : researching the lives of female criminals in Britain and Australia / Lucy...
Criminal women 1850-1920 : researching the lives of female criminals in Britain and Australia / Lucy...
Criminal women 1850-1920 : researching the lives of female criminals in Britain and Australia / Lucy Williams and Barry Godfrey.
About this item
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Family History, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2019/2926
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vi, 205 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Women and crime -- Women and punishment -- Women in the prison system -- Women and post-release supervision -- Case studies of criminal women. Amelia Sach -- Violet Watson -- Ann Griffith -- Ann Nicholls -- Eleanor Boniface alias Ann Knight -- Mary Ann Gannon -- Eliza Conner and Mary Leonard -- Elle...
Sarah Davies -- Jane Foster -- How to research. Women's crimes -- How to research: women and the 'experience' of imprisonment -- How to research: women convicts and post-sentence supervision -- How to research: criminal women at home -- Conclusion.
Publication information
Publisher
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Family History, 2018.
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Women are among the hardest individuals to trace through the historical record and this is especially true of female offenders who had a vested interest in not wanting to be found. That is why this thought-provoking and accessible handbook by Lucy Williams and Barry Godfrey is of such value. It looks beyond the crimes and the newspaper reports of...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Criminal women 1850-1920 : researching the lives of female criminals in Britain and Australia / Lucy Williams and Barry Godfrey.
Cover title
Criminal women 1850-1920 : researching the lives of Britain's female offenders
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Family history from Pen & Sword
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-201) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2018
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2019/2926
Record Identifier
74VKVB8BPMLd
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVB8BPMLd
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ISBN
9781526718617
DDC
364.3740941
MMS ID
991024242115802626
