Women Swindlers in America, 1860-1920

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Beschreibung

Although female lawbreakers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were rarely considered dangerous criminals, there are many records of women participating in non-violent crimes including shoplifting, prostitution, and fraud. This work studies frauds and swindles perpetrated by women during that era, and offers character studies of several key female swindlers including Ann O'Delia Diss Debar, Mabel Parker, and Sarah Casselman, among others. Frauds covered include spiritually-based crimes (i.e. deceptive seances, "spirit writing") and love crimes (i.e. matrimonial racketeering), as well as "sob story" panhandling, counterfeiting, faking wealth, and pension fraud.

Über den Autor

Cultural historian Kerry Segrave is the author of dozens of books on such diverse topics as drive-in theaters, ticket-scalping, lie detectors, jukeboxes, smoking and shoplifting. He lives in British Columbia.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Spiritualism

2. Spiritualism-Ann O'Delia Diss Debar

3. Love and Marriage

4. Sob Stories

5. Passing Bad Paper

6. Passing Bad Paper-Mabel Parker

7. Commercial Interests

8. Commercial Interests-Marion La Touche

9. Faking Wealth

10. Faking Wealth-Sarah Casselman

11. Faking Wealth-Bertha Heyman

12. Faking Wealth-Cassie Chadwick

13. Pension Fraud and Imposters

14. Various Frauds

15. Various Frauds-Ellen Peck

Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786430390
ISBN-10:	0786430397
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Segrave, Kerry
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Kerry Segrave
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.03.2007
Gewicht:	0,405 kg