2018
DOI: 10.1177/0964663918778743
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‘A Crime of Almost Unspeakable Cruelty and Wickedness’: Gender, Agency and Murder in Scotland – The Case of Jeannie Donald

Abstract: Based on original Scottish Archive documents, this article contributes to a major gap in criminological research – Scottish women who were sentenced to death during the 20th century. Through the case study of Jeannie Donald, condemned to death in 1934 for the murder of her neighbour’s 8-year-old daughter, the article offers a critical analysis of a ‘limit’ case in relation to gender – that is, a case so subversive that it presents the ultimate challenge to idealized and traditional beliefs about maternity, mot… Show more

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“…Sheer wickedness contributes to rising criminality rates in South Africa. Scholars have noticed the extent to which wickedness as a human factor motivates criminal activities (Feinberg, 1998;Crofts, 2013;Ballinger, 2019;Sachdeva, 2023). According to Feinberg (1998: 475), criminals who are motivated by sheer wickedness often demonstrate this through barbaric acts such as multiple dismemberments of murdered victims, "torture, rape, cannibalism, and even necrophilic mistreatment of corpses".…”
Section: South Africa and The Culture Of Violencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sheer wickedness contributes to rising criminality rates in South Africa. Scholars have noticed the extent to which wickedness as a human factor motivates criminal activities (Feinberg, 1998;Crofts, 2013;Ballinger, 2019;Sachdeva, 2023). According to Feinberg (1998: 475), criminals who are motivated by sheer wickedness often demonstrate this through barbaric acts such as multiple dismemberments of murdered victims, "torture, rape, cannibalism, and even necrophilic mistreatment of corpses".…”
Section: South Africa and The Culture Of Violencementioning
confidence: 99%