Victims and Viragos

This book considers the experiences of eighteenth-century women, in the Metropolitan area, as both the victims and perpetrators of a variety of crimes, and as participants, in different forms, in the era's criminal justice system. In doing so, it makes extensive use of primary as well as secondary sources. The book is written so as to be readily accessible to the general reader as well as to academics, and eschews the more arcane language that sometimes surrounds gendered subjects. The eight chapters are broad enough to cover an extensive range of crimes while remaining manageable in size. Vitally, the book considers the impact of what was largely an urban, rather than rural, environment on women's lives, and how this affected their offending and victimisation patterns.

Aceasta carte considera experientele femeilor din secolul al XVIII-lea, in zona metropolitana, atat ca victime, cat si ca autori ai unei varietati de infractiuni si ca participante, sub diferite forme, la sistemul de justitie penala din epoca. Procedand astfel, foloseste pe scara larga sursele primare si secundare.