Women who kill men California courts, gender, and the press / Gordon Morris Bakken & Brenda Farrington.

Author/creator Bakken, Gordon Morris
Other author Farrington, Brenda.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press,
Descriptionxi, 272 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesLaw in the American West
Law in the American West. ^A377915
Contents Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the sanest of them all? : the insanity defense in court and in the press -- Good riddance : justifiable homicides of enemy deviants -- Toward the new woman : feminine wiles on trial -- The haves and the have nots : women on trial during the Great Depression -- War women of the 1940s : evolutionary women in revolutionary times -- Celebrity on trial : Tinseltown tarnished.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-262) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009014060
ISBN9780803213616 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0803213611 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780803245440 (paper : alk. paper)