Lucy Williams

We most often think of the Victorian female offender in her most archetypal and stereotypical roles; the polite lady shoplifter, stowing all manner of valuables beneath her voluminous crinolines, the tragic street waif of Dickensian fiction or the vicious femme fatale who wreaked her terrible revenge with copious poison. Yet the stories in popular novels and the Penny Dreadfuls of the day have passed down to us only half the story of these women and their crimes. From the everyday street scuffles and pocket pickings of crowded slums, to the sensational trials that dominated national headlines; the women of Victorian England were responsible for a diverse and at times completely unexpected level of deviance. This book takes a closer look at women and crime in the Victorian period. With vivid real-life stories, powerful photos, eye-opening cases and wider discussions that give us an insightful illustration of the lives of the women responsible for them. This history of brawlers, thieves, traffickers and sneaks shows individuals navigating a world where life was hard and resources were scarce. Their tales are of poverty, opportunism, violence, hope and despair; but perhaps most importantly, the story of survival in the ruthless world of the past.

Female Offending in Victorian England

Wayward Women

Break Your Puppy’s Bad Habits & Raise a Healthy, Happy, Respectful, & Obedient Puppy Using this Kid’s Guide to Puppy Training! There are only a few things as special as the bond between a child and their puppy. Family pets have long been known to provide us with unconditional emotional support. So when your child asks for a puppy for their birthday, you should get excited! Apart from emotional bonding, having a puppy is also a great way for you to teach your child about patience, empathy, compassion, and responsibilities since they require constant supervision and go through mood and developmental changes. However, as cute as a puppy may seem, it is crucial for you and your child to understand their needs in order for you to better care for them. More often than not, puppies are given up for adoption because families just aren’t equipped with the right tools and knowhow when caring for a wiggly, confused little puppy. And if this worries you, then Lucy William’s book, “Puppy Training Guide for Kids”, can help! In this guide, you and your child will learn the many expert-approved ways to train your puppy using a beginner-friendly, step-by-step approach to dealing with potty training, socializing skills, and many more. Over the course of this comprehensive guide, your child will: - Quickly learn about your puppy’s developmental milestones so you can set a customized training schedule - Effortlessly apply all the right training tips by learning appropriate walk and leash behaviors - Effectively encourage fun play and set boundaries using expert-approved house training techniques - Become a great pack leader by learning all about the science of how dogs learn and interact with the world - And so much more! Raising a puppy requires more than just warm, fuzzy cuddles, and unlimited playtime. In order for them to become a happy, well-adjusted, and well-behaved family companion, you must incorporate the necessary tools and tips found inside this book! Each chapter is filled with well-researched information straight from the experts so that you and your child will be able to give your puppy the guidance they need! Help your child train your puppy the right way today!

How to Train Your Dog or Puppy for Children, Following a Beginners Step-By-Step Guide: Includes Potty Training, 101 Dog Tricks, Socializing Skills, and More

Puppy Training Guide for Kids

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Barry Godfrey

“The fascinating lives of the women who hit hard times . . . investigat[es] the stories behind the faces in the incredible images.” —Al Bawaba Women are among the hardest individuals to trace through the historical record and this is especially true of female offenders who had a vested interest in not wanting to be found. That is why this thought-provoking and accessible handbook by Lucy Williams and Barry Godfrey is of such value. It looks beyond the crimes and the newspaper reports of women criminals in the Victorian era in order to reveal the reality of their personal and penal journeys, and it provides a guide for researchers who are keen to explore this intriguing and neglected subject. The book is split into three sections. There is an introduction outlining the historical context for the study of female crime and punishment, then a series of real-life case studies which show in a vivid way the complexity of female offenders’ lives and follows them through the penal system. The third section is a detailed guide to archival and online sources that readers can consult in order to explore the life-histories of criminal women. The result is a rare combination of academic guide and how-to-do-it manual. It introduces readers to the latest research in the field and it gives them all the information they need to carry out their own research. “The core of the book consists of some 30 case studies of women who went through the system, their offences (from drunkenness and petty theft to murder) and their punishments (from fines or prison to transportation or execution).” —Police History Society

Researching the Lives of Britain's Female Offenders

Criminal Women, 1850–1920

In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 more than 160,000 men, women and children convicted of everything from picking pockets to murder were sentenced to be transported 'beyond the seas'. These convicts were destined to serve out their sentences in the empire's most remote colony: Australia. Through vivid real-life case studies and famous tales of the exceptional and extraordinary, Convicts in the Colonies narrates the history of convict transportation to Australia - from the first to the final fleet. Using the latest original research, Lucy Williams reveals a fascinating century-long history of British convicts unlike any other. Covering everything from crime and sentencing in Britain and the perilous voyage to Australia, to life in each of the three main penal colonies - New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia - this book charts the lives and experiences of the men and women who crossed the world and underwent one of the most extraordinary punishment in history.

Transportation Tales from Britain to Australia

Convicts in the Colonies

Emel Coşkun

Selmin Kaşka

This book examines the migration of women as gendered subjects to and from Turkey, using feminist research practices to explore a range of diverse experiences of migrant women as refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented or documented migrants. The collection includes contributions from researchers, practitioners, and migrants themselves to present a nuanced analysis that challenges binary divisions between ‘forced’ and ‘voluntary’ migrants and highlights the political and social agency of refugee and migrant women in Turkey. Drawing on a rich body of original empirical and theoretical research the volume explores recent policy change in Turkey, the political and social influences that have shaped migration policy (both internally and globally), and how women migrants have been positioned within its changing refugee and migration regimes. Analysis of the Turkish experience of redesigning migration policy in a country with weak civil protection against gender discrimination provides important lessons, in particular for countries in the Global South that are under pressure from the Global North to control and manage migrant flows. This interdisciplinary volume offers gender-sensitive recommendations for policymakers and practitioners and will advance global debates on migration management and governance across the fields of sociology, social policy, anthropology, labour economics and political science.

Developing Gender-Sensitivity in Migration Research, Policy and Practice

Women, Migration and Asylum in Turkey

Juliana Martínez Franzoni

Thomas Pogge

Presents a theoretical framework for the development of international poverty law.

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