Giving the Noose the Slip: an Analysis of Female Murderers in Oregon, 1854-1950
Analyzing the crimes of women murderers and how they fared in the criminal justice system demonstrates that though perceptions of gender evolved, resistance to sentencing women to death often persisted. The nature of homicides committed by women in Oregon set them apart from their male counterparts....
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PDXScholar
2018
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| Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4542 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5614&context=open_access_etds |