Criminalisation and the eighteenth-century's 'Bloody code'

Seal, L.

doi:10.1080/09627250802476726

All Outputs (2)

Women, Murder and Narratives of Femininity (2010)
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Seal, L. (2010). Women, Murder and Narratives of Femininity

The language used to portray women accused of murder is frequently lurid and stereotypical. It can be especially shocking when women stand accused of such crimes as it violates idealised notions of femininity as conformist and nurturing.

Criminalisation and the eighteenth-century's 'Bloody code' (2008)
Other
Seal, L. (2008). Criminalisation and the eighteenth-century's 'Bloody code'