Sex and Secrets: Crimes Involving Australian Women Since 1880

by Judith A. Allen

This book is both a detailed study of criminal acts involving Australian women since 1880 and a feminist analysis of their social and political significance. Based on previously unpublished archival documents, including court reports, coroners' reports, and those of prisons and child welfare organizations, Allen's findings show that infanticide, prostitution, and sexual and other assaults nvolving women have been much more prevalent than generally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195548396
• ISBN13: 9780195548396
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"