Women, crime, and character : from Moll Flanders to Tess of the d'Urbervilles / [electronic resource]
Lacey, Nicola.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2008.
This work draws on law, literature, philosophy and social history to explore fundamental changes in ideas of selfhood gender and social order in 18th and 19th century England. Lacey argues that these changes underpinned a radical shift in mechanisms of responsibility-attribution, with implications for the criminalisation of women.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-155) and index.
'Don't go to murder my character': criminal responsibility in the age of Moll Flanders -- 'What is the use of a woman's will?': the demise of Moll in the age of sensibility -- 'The weaker half of the human family'?: responsibility, mind and morals in the age of Tess.
This work draws on law, literature, philosophy and social history to explore fundamental changes in ideas of selfhood gender and social order in 18th and 19th century England. Lacey argues that these changes underpinned a radical shift in mechanisms of responsibility-attribution, with implications for the criminalisation of women.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Feminist jurisprudence.
Women
Reputation (Law)
Criminal liability.
Female offenders
Female offenders
Law and literature.
Law
Law
Social change in literature.
Social change
Social change
Feminist jurisprudence
Women
Criminal liability
Social Welfare & Social Work
Law, Politics & Government
Social Sciences
Law, General & Comparative
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency