Gender and Punishment in Ireland Women, Murder and the Death Penalty, 192264

Gender and punishment in Ireland explores women's lethal violence in Ireland. Drawing on comprehensive archival research, including government documents, press reporting, the remnants of public opinion and the voices of the women themselves, the book contributes to the burgeoning literature on gender and punishment and women who kill. Engaging with concepts such as 'double deviance', chivalry, paternalism and 'coercive confinement', the work explores the penal landscape for offending women in postcolonial Ireland, examining in particular the role of the Catholic Church in responses to female deviance. The book is an extensive interdisciplinary treatment of women who kill in Ireland and will be useful to scholars of gender, criminology and history.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Lynsey Black is Lecturer in Criminology at Maynooth University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lynsey Black
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.09.2024
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte
• EAN: 9781526182340
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8234-0
• Anzahl Seiten: 312
• Themen: 20th Century, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Women, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Gender & the law, Social and cultural history, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Punishment, Law and society, gender issues, DEATH PENALTY, Sentencing, Infanticide, Catholic Church; criminal insanity; death penalty; infanticide; Ireland; Magdalen Laundries; Mother and Baby Homes; punishment; sentencing; women's prisons, Mother and Baby Homes, women's prisons, criminal insanity, Magdalen Laundries