Female crime in Mexico City in the late eighteenth century
Keywords:
Criminality models, criminal law in New Spain during the 18th century, female criminality, female offender model in Mexico City in the late 18th century.
Abstract
The present study focuses on the problem of female crime in Mexico City in the late eighteenth century. More than 7,000 records preserved in the Books of Inmates of Mexico City between 1794 and 1798 have been reviewed. With this information a model for female criminality in the capital of Nueva España has been developed, that does not correspond to any of the other models that have been constructed with data from other cities of Europe. The study therefore challenges the development of these models and their transfer to other geographical and chronological settings, where contexts can imply very significant variables.Downloads
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2014-05-22
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Sánchez-Arcilla Bernal J. M. (2014). Female crime in Mexico City in the late eighteenth century. Cuadernos de Historia del Derecho, 20, 89-154. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUHD.2013.v20.45330
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