| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Histories of women's imprisonment -- Women in prison: the facts -- Women in prison: contemporary issues -- Theories of women's imprisonment -- Alternatives to custody -- Feminist theories of imprisonment and penal politics -- Investigating women's imprisonment: practical issues |
| Summary |
In both the UK and the rest of the world there have been rapid increases in the numbers of women in prison, which has led to an acceleration of interest in women's crimes and the social control of women, and women's experience of both prison and the criminal justice system is very different to men's. This text is concerned to address the key issues relating to women's imprisonment, contributing at the same time to an understanding of prison issues in general and the historical and contemporary politics of gender and penal justice. What are women's prisons for? What are they like? Why are lone |
| Analysis |
Women prisoners--Great Britain |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women prisoners.
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Reformatories for women.
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Prisoners
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prisoners.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Reformatories for women
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Women prisoners
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Frauenstrafvollzug
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Penitentiair recht.
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Vrouwen.
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Gevangenissen.
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Vrouwengevangenissen.
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Worrall, Anne
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| LC no. |
2004463223 |
| ISBN |
9781135986919 |
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1135986916 |
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9781843924210 |
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1843924218 |
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9781135986988 |
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1135986983 |
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9781135987053 |
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113598705X |
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1281331473 |
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9781281331472 |
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9786611331474 |
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6611331476 |
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