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‘Completely Innocent or Wholly Culpable’ Judicial Outcomes of Women Tried for Homicide in Pre-Modern England (2022)
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Brown, S. (2022). ‘Completely Innocent or Wholly Culpable’ Judicial Outcomes of Women Tried for Homicide in Pre-Modern England. In I. Masson, & N. Booth (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Women’s Experiences of Criminal Justice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003202295-4

There is much debate among historians on how the pre-modern English legal system treated women accused of homicide. Some argue that women received leniency due to squeamishness concerning execution and the female body, whereas others suggest a patria... Read More about ‘Completely Innocent or Wholly Culpable’ Judicial Outcomes of Women Tried for Homicide in Pre-Modern England.