1. Introduction -- 2. From Antiquity to Modernity: A Social History of Capital Punishment and Gender -- 3. Beyond Traditional and Revisionist Theory: Feminist Theory and the Power to Punish -- 4. Women as Child-Killers: Four Case-Studies -- 5. Women Killing other Women -- 6. Women Who Kill their Male Partners -- 7. Conclusion
Summary
"The first major study of women and capital punishment, this book is a fascinating and critical study of the lives, crimes, trials and punishment of the fifteen women who were executed in England and Wales in the 20th century. Combining key biographical details with previously unpublished archive material, it expands the borders of existing feminist/sociological theory to reveal disturbing evidence of miscarriages of justice and unsafe convictions. The result is a highly readable and controversial book, which will be essential reading for sociologists and criminologists alike."--BOOK JACKET
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-366) and index
