Author: McEwan, Joanne
Title: Negotiating Support: Crime and Women's Networks in London and Middlesex, c.1730-1820
Summary: This thesis examines the social and legal dynamics of support as it operated around women charged before the criminal courts in the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century metropolis. It considers the nature and implications of the support made available to, or withheld from, female defendants by individuals to whom they were in some way connected. To this end, it explores the nuances of testimony offered by witnesses and defendants in an attempt to better understand the extent and effect of the support that could be negotiated by and from a range of groups, including family members, fellow household residents, neighbours and wider community members.
Details: Perth: University of Western Australia, School of Humanities, Discipline of History, 2008. 359p.
Source: Internet Resource; Thesis
Year: 2008
Country: United Kingdom
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Shelf Number: 118817
Keywords:
Criminal Courts (United Kingdom)Female Crime (Historical Accounts)Female Offenders (Historical Accounts)Historical Studies |
