Abstract

Historicized research on female habitual criminality provides insight into the interactions and struggles of marginalized women. Female recidivists, forming a large proportion of habitual offenders, prompted fears among Victorian and Edwardian contemporaries over the efficacy of the justice system. Recent research indicates that recidivism was a gendered process, women facing greater marginalization and stigmatization before, during and after offending than men, yet there remains little discussion focusing specifically on violent offending. This article examines violent female recidivism in the late Victorian and Edwardian period, focusing on women’s entries, desistance and persistence in violence and at how reoffending impacted their post-offending lives.

摘要

对女性惯犯的历史研究可以深入了解边缘化女性的互动和斗争。女性惯犯在惯犯中占很大比例，这引起了维多利亚时代和爱德华时代的同时代人对司法系统效率的担忧。最近的研究表明，累犯是一个性别过程，女性在犯罪之前、期间和之后比男性面临更大的边缘化和污名化，但专门针对暴力犯罪的讨论却很少。本文探讨了维多利亚时代晚期和爱德华时代的女性暴力累犯，重点关注女性的暴力行为、停止和持续，以及再次犯罪对她们犯罪后生活的影响。