Woman is rarely wicked, but when she is, she is worse than a man. Italian proverb

Australian authorities have grappled with how to control wayward women from the moment raucous female convicts stepped ashore. The brutal reality of notorious female criminals such as ‘the man woman murderer’ Eugenia Falleni, sly grogger Kate Leigh and poisoner Yvonne Fletcher is in stark contrast to the glamour of the noir seductress and pulp novel siren. An exhibition at the Justice & Police Museum at The Rocks, running from 7 March, 2009 to 18 April, 2010, examines these extremes, traversing criminological theory, popular culture and case studies.

You can get more information about the exhibition and the museum from this link:
Historic Houses Trust - Femme Fatale: the female criminal