Female Peasant Crime in Russia (second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the main features of female peasant crime during the post-reform period in Russia. The importance of this problem flows from the parallels between the current state of Russian society, which still retains some transformed peasant values and mentality, and the state of society at the boundary of XIX– XX centuries. The role of a woman in peasant life was as significant as the role of a man. The radical changes in the country in the post-reform period appear in a new light through the perspective of the female deviant behaviour, which contributes to a better understanding of Russia's past and its impact on the present.