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Four case studies are used in this chapter to historically contextualise accounts of crime committed by women in Western Australia before 1891. By examining the lived experience of these women’s lives we come closer to understanding their pathways to offending, the forces in society which propelled women down this path, and the survival strategies used by women living on the margins of society. These case studies show that poverty, economic considerations, and lack of employment options can often be linked to women’s crime. In some cases, such as those of infanticide, economic considerations might be entangled with women’s shame, or fear of offending against society’s expectations. In these situations, crime may well have been a necessarysurvival strategies survival strategy to combat theprecarity precarity of existence for women on the margins of society.

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Who Were the Criminal Women of Nineteenth-Century Western Australia?

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    2025年

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  • Caroline Ingram

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Four case studies are used in this chapter to historically contextualise accounts of crime committed by women in Western Australia before 1891. By examining the lived experience of these women’s lives we come closer to understanding their pathways to offending, the forces in society which propelled women down this path, and the survival strategies used by women living on the margins of society. These case studies show that poverty, economic considerations, and lack of employment options can often be linked to women’s crime. In some cases, such as those of infanticide, economic considerations might be entangled with women’s shame, or fear of offending against society’s expectations. In these situations, crime may well have been a necessarysurvival strategies survival strategy to combat theprecarity precarity of existence for women on the margins of society.