[Rezension von: Montaldo, Silvano, Donne delinquenti]

In 1847, in a speech before the House of Lords, the Bishop of Tasmania stated that the female convicts in the colonies were far worse than the men. "Female felons are so bad", he explained, "because, before a woman can become a felon at all, she must have fallen much lower, have unlea...

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Main Author: Capozzi, Franco (Author)
Contributors: Montaldo, Silvano (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Crime, histoire & sociétés
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-145
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Summary:In 1847, in a speech before the House of Lords, the Bishop of Tasmania stated that the female convicts in the colonies were far worse than the men. "Female felons are so bad", he explained, "because, before a woman can become a felon at all, she must have fallen much lower, have unlearnt more, have become much more lost and depraved than a man". At the time, women convicts were considered to be more reprobate than male ones even by women themselves. In 1864 the English philanthropist and pris...
ISSN:1663-4837
DOI:10.4000/chs.3128