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Women on trial : a study of the female suspect, defendant, and offender in the criminal law and criminal justice system
- Title
- Women on trial : a study of the female suspect, defendant, and offender in the criminal law and criminal justice system / Susan S.M. Edwards.
- Author
- Edwards, Susan S. M.
- Publication
- Manchester [Greater Manchester] ; Dover, N.H., USA : Manchester University Press, ©1984.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Text | Use in library | HV6046 .E37 1984 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 241 pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Female offenders > Great Britain
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > Great Britain
- Female offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain
- Female offenders
- Female offenders > Legal status, laws, etc
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Frauenkriminalität
- Strafverfahren
- Frau
- Vrouwen
- Criminaliteit
- Criminelles > Grande-Bretagne
- Criminelles > Statut juridique > Grande-Bretagne
- Discrimination sexuelle dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Grande-Bretagne
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [227]-236.
- Contents
- Introduction: the legal organisation of sex, sexuality and gender -- A question of sex -- The common prostitute -- an antecedent presumption of guilt -- Medico-legal conundrums -- the legal organisation of physiological difference -- Female sexuality -- changing conceptions in the criminal law -- Indicators of suspicion -- detecting and apprehending suspects -- Sentencing negotiations -- excuses and justifications -- Crimes unnatural -- some criminological social and legal questions -- Individualised justice -- treatment, leniency or lessoned responsibility, or informal state control.
- ISBN
- 0719009952
- 9780719009952
- LCCN
- 83024840
- OCLC
- ocm10163334
- 10163334
- SCSB-90006
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library