Women, violent crime and criminal justice in Georgian Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11494077 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine D Watson (0000-0002-5035-1752, Oxford Brookes University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-272 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Continuity and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-4160 • E-ISSN: 1469-218X |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0268416013000246 |
| OpenAlex | W2128895141 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article examines encounters of women with the criminal justice system in Wales during the century before the Courts of Great Sessions were abolished in 1830. Drawing on evidence from cases of sexual assault and homicide, it argues that women who killed were rarely convicted or punished harshly. A gendered discretion of sorts also acted against rape victims, as trials never resulted in conviction. Using violence as a lens, the paper reveals a distinctively Welsh approach to criminal justice, and offers quantitative evidence on which further comparative studies of the history of law and crime in England and Wales may be based
Conviction · Criminal justice · Criminology · Discretion · Economic Justice · Georgian · Homicide · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Sexual assault · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Welsh · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Medicine · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |