Victimization Narratives and Courtroom Sexual Politics: Prosecuting Male Burglars and Female Pickpockets in Melbourne, 1860–1921.

Burglary and pickpocketing were the two most prevalent forms of male and female offending, respectively, in the flourishing colonial capital of Melbourne during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Using court records and newspaper accounts, this article compares the prosecution patterns...

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Published in:	Journal of Social History Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 760 - 784
Main Author:	Piper, Alana Jayne
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Summer2018
Subjects:	Melbourne (Vic.) Women criminals Prosecution Crime victims Gender differences (Psychology) Burglars Pickpockets
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost