Us Girls Won't Put One Another Away
Relations among Melbourne's prostitute pickpockets, 1860-1920
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4348368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alana Jayne Piper (Griffith Criminology Institute, Mt Gravatt Campus, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Queensland, Australia), Alana Piper (0000-0002-9369-5862, Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 247-265 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2017.1321613 |
| OpenAlex | W2611298278 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
Larceny from the person, or pickpocketing, was the most common form of indictable crime committed by female offenders in turn-of-the-century Melbourne. It was an offence particularly likely to appear within the criminal careers of recidivist female offenders. Female pickpocketing, however, was notoriously difficult to prosecute. The usual differences found in trial outcomes for men and women were exacerbated by the specific contexts in which such robberies occurred, that is in the context of solicitation or sex work. This not only meant victims were reluctant to prosecute, but that women’s offending often took place within criminal subcultures that fostered interpersonal relationships between women that served to support them throughout the commission of the crime and during the trial process
Commission · Criminal trial · Criminology · Political science · Royal Commission · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |