Rychner, Georgina

Monash University

Australia

Georgina Rychner’s (PhD candidate) dissertation examines public petitioning in capital trials in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Victoria, with specific focus on narratives of insanity. Her research areas include the history of crime and criminal justice, women’s history, the history of psychiatry and historical criminology. Rychner currently teaches criminology at Deakin University and is heavily involved with the Australian and New Zealand Historical Criminology Network.