Women who kill men: California courts, gender and the press

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the sanest of them all? : the insanity defense in court and in the press -- Good riddance : justifiable homicides of enemy deviants -- Toward the new woman : feminine wiles on trial -- The haves and the have nots : women on trial during the Great Depression -- War...

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Authors: Bakken, Gordon Morris 1943- (Author) ; Farrington, Brenda (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, Neb. [u.a.] University of Nebraska Press c2009
In:Year: 2009
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 4128
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Keywords:
Trials (Murder) > California
Women > Legal status, laws, etc > History > California
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > History > California
Women murderers > Social aspects > California
Women > Legal status, laws, etc > California > History
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > California > History
Kalifornien > Mörderin > Strafverfahren > Geschichte 1870-1958
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Summary:Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the sanest of them all? : the insanity defense in court and in the press -- Good riddance : justifiable homicides of enemy deviants -- Toward the new woman : feminine wiles on trial -- The haves and the have nots : women on trial during the Great Depression -- War women of the 1940s : evolutionary women in revolutionary times -- Celebrity on trial : tinseltown tarnished
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XI, 272 S.
ISBN:978-0-8032-1361-6
0-8032-1361-1