Author: Shapiro, Ann-Louise
Title: Breaking the Codes : Female Criminality in Fin-de-Siecle Paris
Description: Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1996. orig.cloth. 23x15cm, x,265 pp.. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Crime and Culture: The "Problem" of the Female Criminal; Telling Criminal Stories; Disordered Bodies, Disorderly Acts: Medical Discourse & the Female Criminal; Love Stories: Female Crimes of Passion; The Sexual Politics of Female Criminality; Conclusion.

Keywords: Historical Sociology, France, Female Offenders, Crime Criminal, Social History, Paris Criminology, Gender Women, Criminality, Criminals