Another must read for all those established gender history fans, or fledgling enthusiasts. Thoroughly enjoyed learning at the feet of the author many years ago. Congratulations Matthew McCormack - I hope UniofNorthampton are suitably proud of the fantastic bunch of historians they have!

If you are going to ask one of your two cell-mates to knock you out so that you can get transferred from prison to a hospital, probably best not to pick the one that has been planning to murder you for a week...

Defendant shows no remorse after assaulting a man walking home from a fancy dress party dressed as a fairy, and completely dehumanises victim in testimony. Sad that 50 years on these attitudes still exist- in court or out of it. #ESRCvictims

4 youths convicted of murder & 6 more of conspiracy to assault on Wimbledon Common, where they were looking for homosexual men to victimise. Father of one sixteen year old convicted of murder blames homosexual men for providing a tempting target #ESRCvictims #LGBT #crimehistory

Very exciting to see this collection edited by Manon van der Heijden, Marion Pluskota & Sanne Muurling on "Women's Criminality in Europe, 1600-1914" being advertised for pre-order, out in 2020 with Cambridge University Press - History cambridge.org/gb/academic/su…

Most British trial proceedings ever? #ESRCvictims #1970s #yourenevertoobusyforabirthday

Victim of assault 'asking for trouble' by accepting a lift. . . according to a Judge! #ESRCvictims #1970s #crimehistory #CentralCriminalCourt

Domestic violence resulting in Manslaughter; woman given 2 year suspended sentence for stabbing husband after he 'provoked' her by having an affair. #ESRCvictims #1970s #Times #domesticviolence #crimehistory

Man had tried 'tolerating his wife's affair, but was then 'provoked' into stabbing her to death, and thus not guilty of murder. Four years for Manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court. #ESRCvictims #Domesticviolence #crimehistory #TheTimes

Judge frees man who pleads guilty to raping two women. "He has been twice to my home already. The law is doing nothing to protect us from rapists" #ESRCvictims #accesstojustice #1970s

Debate on the rights of complainants and defendants to privacy before a case is proven in court. as relevant now as it was in #1975 ? #ESRCvictims #accesstojustice #crimehistory

Teen rape victim detained, threatened with arrest, and sent to remand home for unwillingness to testify! #ESRCvictims #Crimehistory #victimsrights #theTimes

Rape victim named and 'shamed' in press whilst anonymity of accused protected by judge pre-trial. Defence lawyer jokes it might 'boost her trade'. #ESRCvictims #TheTimes #1970s

When you testify in court as a victim, because your wife literally shot you(!), but you are German and there is a war on, so they take the opportunity to question you about potential espionage . . . #accesstojustice #ESRCvictims #Crimehistory

Turns out the same class of people have been scaremongering about benefits for more than a century. #timeforsomeprogressperhaps

Instantly want to know more about Evelyn Nita Benjamin! #notenoughhoursintheday #waywardwomen #20thcentury one to pick up on WaywardWomen me thinks!

Imagine being so convinced that female criminality was caused by them being sex-crazed in one way or another that you felt compelled to write to a national newspaper about it. TLDR; Male crime complex, women's controlled by sex! #TheTimes #1920s #ESRCvictims

'I am a poor man and I have no chance'. 95 years on is the impact of class on the experience of justice the same? #theTimes #1920s #crimehistory

'Your evidence is most unsatisfactory. . . . Leave the box' #TheTimes #1925 #ESRCvictims

Special edition of the Howard Journal of Crime and Justice out now: ‘Can History Make a Difference?’ Really thrilled to work with Sandra Walklate and to be part of such a fantastic collection of articles onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/20591101/2…