‘In His Passionate Way’: Emotion, Race and Gender in Cases of Partner Murder in England and Wales, 1900–39

Seal, Lizzie; Neale, Alexa

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“…women, minority racial/ethnic groups), can precipitate a fundamental shift in our approach to even the most oversaturated of crimes (e.g. Bleakley, 2021;Nagy, 2021;Seal and Neale, 2020). A prime example of this can be observed in Rubenhold's (2019) The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, a popular non-fiction book about the lives of the canonical five women killed in the Whitechapel Murders of 1888, grounded in archival research.…”

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The past is prologue: Towards a historico-narrative approach at the intersection of historical criminology and narrative criminology

Bleakley

2022

Crime, Media, Culture

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There is great scope for narrative criminology and historical criminology to come together and, in collaboration, find ways for the practices of each to strengthen the other. Ultimately, both have a shared focus: the stories (past and present) that we use to make sense of crime, and the criminal justice system. This article argues for a historico-narrative approach to criminological research, wherein the research conducted by historical criminologists can be augmented by the types of subjective analysis that are central to narrative criminology. Similarly, the analysis of ‘stories’ that is the core business of narrative criminologists can only be advanced by a greater engagement with the concept of historical time.

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The past is prologue: Towards a historico-narrative approach at the intersection of historical criminology and narrative criminology

Bleakley

2022

Crime, Media, Culture

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“…They became “doubly deviant” (Lloyd 1995). And yet, while symbolically significant, the constructions of womanhood, manhood, and executable subjects that came to penetrate capital punishment in the nineteenth century were not, in practice, equally applicable to all criminals (Seal and Neale 2020). Although the institution was increasingly based on the principles of middle‐class white masculinity, actual execution victims were anything but—the poor, the dispossessed, the immigrants, and the formerly enslaved were at much greater risk of execution than members of the middle class (Bowers, Pierce, and McDevitt 1984; Vandiver 2006).…”

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Dressed for Death: Gender, Respectability, and Resistance at the Gallows

Linders

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Shupe

2021

Symbolic Interaction

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In this paper we examine the dress of execution victims. Executions provide both the convict and the state with an opportunity to claim honor and respectability. Drawing on newspaper accounts of executions conducted between 1840 and 1940, we demonstrate that convict attire reveals an important tension between the convicts' gendered character claims and the efforts by execution managers to arrange a credible execution. But whereas displays of masculinity reinforce more than challenge the propriety of executions, women's femininity displays challenge not only the propriety of executions, but also the respectability of those tasked with their killing. We conclude that the subversive potential of clothing is found not only in the garments themselves, nor only on the wearers' intentions, but also on the institutional settings in which they are presented.

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“…Historians have seen no simple pattern. Racial "others" certainly had disadvantages in the criminal courts (Seal and Neale 2020;D'Cruze 2007), but well-off and prominent men of color in the empire enjoyed more success in civil litigation, particularly against poor women (Yahaya 2019). Bias in criminal courts also emerged after the riots of 1919, since white perpetrators received little punishment for attacking people of color (Evans 1980;Jenkinson 1985;Jenkinson 2009, pp.…”

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‘Vindictiveness on Account of Colour’?: Race, Gender, and Class at the English Divorce Court, 1872–1939

Frost

2020

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This article uses 116 divorce or separation cases involving people of color between 1872 and 1940 to interrogate the role of the state in adjudicating racially mixed marriages in Britain. These examples demonstrate the rising population of imperial subjects within the U.K., but also that marital cases could reverse in-migration, due to embarrassment and expense for all parties. In addition, gender and class factors limited the impact of race in the court. Men’s advantages in bringing cases overcame some racial prejudices, and rich men, whatever their color, could hire effective representation. Race only impacted divorce cases when women could play on stereotypes of violent men, or when men of color were co-respondents and thus broke up homes. Still, the number of undefended cases limited the influence of race in most divorce suits.

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‘In His Passionate Way’: Emotion, Race and Gender in Cases of Partner Murder in England and Wales, 1900–39

Cited by 7 publications

References 41 publications

The past is prologue: Towards a historico-narrative approach at the intersection of historical criminology and narrative criminology

The past is prologue: Towards a historico-narrative approach at the intersection of historical criminology and narrative criminology

Dressed for Death: Gender, Respectability, and Resistance at the Gallows

‘Vindictiveness on Account of Colour’?: Race, Gender, and Class at the English Divorce Court, 1872–1939

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