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

In the decades after Irish independence, 292 women were prosecuted for murder, facing the threat of conviction and death sentencing. Within a rising atmosphere of hostility to women, moral rigidity, sexual repression and Catholic Church control, this book explores the meanings and responses to women's lethal violence in postcolonial Ireland.

About the author

Lynsey Black is Lecturer in Criminology at Maynooth University.

Product details

• Authors: Lynsey Black
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2024
• EAN: 9781526182340
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8234-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; 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, Law and society, gender issues