Women, Pleas and Property Crime: Understanding the Fortunes of Female Petitioners in London, 1819–1840
From a random sample of five-hundred petitions submitted (1819–1840) by felons convicted at the Old Bailey, only thirty-nine were female petitioners. This approximates the female-male felony ratio of convictions for felonious property crimes in London during this period. The thirty-nine female peti...
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Athens Institute for Education and Research
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Athens Journal of History |
| Online Access: | https://www.athensjournals.gr/history/2020-6-2-2-Orr.pdf |