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Women and Crime in Early Modern Holland

Women and Crime in Early Modern Holland

Name: Women and Crime in Early Modern Holland
Brand: Brill Academic Publishers
SKU: 9789004314115
Price: 1516.20 HKD
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Author: Manon van der Heijden
ISBN: 9789004314115

By Manon van der Heijden

Brill Academic Publishers August 2016

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9789004314115
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Publication: August 2016
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Crime is men’s business, isn’t it? Women are responsible for 10 percent of crime in Europe. Yet, if we look at the Dutch Republic in the early modern period, we find that in the towns of Holland women played a much larger role in crime. In a number of early modern towns about half of the criminals convicted in court were women. These women were in vulnerable positions and thus more likely to become involved in crime. They also had a relatively independent status and led remarkably public lives. Manon van der Heijden convincingly shows that it is the very combination of women’s vulnerability and independence that accounts for the high female crime rates in Holland between 1600 and 1800.

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Foreword

1. Research on Criminal Women in Holland from 1550 to 1800

2. Crime and Punishment

3. Infanticide

4. Women and Petty Theft

5. Aggressive Women in the Neighborhood

6. Promiscuous Women

7. Against Authority

8. Victim or Perpetrator?

Conclusions

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