Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.26193/ZMFUOD |
Publication Date
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2024-04-19 |
Title
| Inter-gender murder in NSW, 1901–1955 |
Author
| Finnane, Mark (Griffith University) - ORCID: 0000-0003-3776-8091
Strange, Carolyn (ANU) - ORCID: 0000-0003-4377-8958 |
Point of Contact
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Finnane, Mark (Griffith University)
Strange, Carolyn (ANU) |
Description
| This research file includes data accessed from Prosecution Project records as part of a study of the prosecution and sentencing of inter-gender murder (male on female, and female on male) in NSW 1901-1955. The original records have been supplemented with more attributes including context of event, as well as biographical data for both defendants and victims. The research was directed by Carolyn Strange. (2024-04-03) |
Subject
| Arts and Humanities; Law; Social Sciences |
Keyword
| capital punishment
gender
historical criminology
inter-gender homicide
intimate-partner homicide
longitudinal analysis
murder |
Topic Classification
| homicide
gender |
Related Publication
| Strange, C, Fraser, F & Payne, C 2020, 'Inter-gender murder in NSW, 1901-1955: Reconsidering the laws of fraternity', Journal of Criminology, vol. 54, no. 2, p. 160-178. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0004865820978699
Strange, C., “The Female Poisoner's Fate: Accounting for Lenient Outcomes in New South Wales, Australia, 1855-1955,” Crime, History and Societies, 27 1(2023): 59-80. [special issue on women’s lethal violence] doi: https://doi.org/10.4000/chs.3424
Strange, C., “Jurors and the Judgement of Men: Intimate Partner Murder Prosecutions in New South Wales in the Early Twentieth Century,’ Law & History, 9 2(2022): 153-82. url: https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.894712345846904
Strange, C, Payne, C, and Fraser, F, “Gender, Intimate Partner Homicide and Rurality in early twentieth century New South Wales,” Social Science History, 46 4(2022): 770-800. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2022.18
Strange, C. and Hetherington, L., Murderess or Miscarriage of Justice? A Case of Husband Poisoning in Early Federation New South Wales,” Australian Historical Studies, 51 3(2020): 299-323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2020.1756876 |
Notes
| The dataset is published to support further inquiry as well as to enable verification of the published research. |
Language
| English |
Producer
| Finnane, Mark (Griffith University) |
Production Date
| 2024-04-03 |
Contributor
| Researcher : Strange, Carolyn
Researcher : Fiona Fraser
Project Leader : Finnane, Mark |
Depositor
| Finnane, Mark |
Deposit Date
| 2024-04-03 |
Time Period
| Start Date: 1901-01-01 ; End Date: 1955-12-31 |
Date of Collection
| Start Date: 2014-01-01 ; End Date: 2020-12-31 |
Data Type
| historical and administrative records |
Data Source
| Prosecution Project: https://app.prosecutionproject.griffith.edu.au/web/ |
Origin of Historical Sources
| The data is a composite of trial court records documented in a register maintained by the Supreme Court of NSW and other data primarily sourced from newspaper reports |
Characteristic of Sources
| The court data for the most part documents the full name of defendant, charge, plea, verdict, sentence and other outcome including appeals, as well as name of judge presiding at trial; other data in the file includes textual description of the homicide event, including location and use of weapons, as well as information about victim and defendant including age, sex and relationships between them. |
Documentation and Access to Sources
| More information about the main data sources in the Prosecution Project is available at the project web-site (https://prosecutionproject.griffith.edu.au/). |