A lively exploration of the struggles faced by women in law enforcement and mystery fiction for the past 175 years In 1910, Alice Wells took the oath to join the all-male Los Angeles Police Department. She wore no uniform, carried no weapon, and kept...

Tags: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers Gender Studies: Women Police & Security Services Political Control & Freedoms Gender & The Law Criminal Law & Procedure

This is the second edition of a remarkable study of a young woman’s defiant stand against Hindu orthodoxy and the colonial legal establishment in late nineteenth century India. It revolves around a suit for ’restitution of conjugal rights’ file...

Tags: Gender Studies, Gender Groups Gender Studies: Women Gender & The Law International Human Rights Law Family Law

Joanne Hayes, at 24 years of age, concealed the birth and death of her baby in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1984. Subsequently she confessed to the murder, by stabbing, of another baby. All of the scientific evidence showed that she could not have had t...

Tags: Biography: General True Crime Biographies True Crime Books Social & Cultural History Social Issues & Processes Criminal Investigation & Detection Gender & The Law Family Law: Children

Over 100 years since its origins, psychoanalysis continues to be a key source of insights across the humanities and social sciences. Being well-versed in psychoanalytic concepts is a crucial element in cultural literacy today. Key Concepts in Psychoa...

Tags: Reference Works Gender Studies: Women Age Groups: Children Psychoanalytical Theory (Freudian Psychology) Gender & The Law

It hurts to be beautiful has been a cliche for centuries. What has been far less appreciated is how much it hurts not to be beautiful. The Beauty Bias explores our cultural preoccupation with attractiveness, the costs it imposes, and the responses it...

Tags: Sociology Law & Society Gender & The Law Human Rights & Civil Liberties Law Employment & Labour Law Discrimination In Employment Law Cosmetics, Hair & Beauty