Title Sledgehammer : women's imprisonment at the millennium / Pat Carlen

Published London : Macmillan Press, 1998

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MELB	365.430942 Car/Swi		AVAILABLE

Description xii, 180 p. ; 23 cm Contents Preface -- 1990s statistical profile of women's imprisonment -- Acknowlegements -- Introduction -- 1. From John Howard to Michael Howard and back again. -- 2. Women, gender and imprisonment. -- 3. The 1990's - penal hammer or bureaucratic screw? -- 4. The futures of women's imprisonment Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Reformatories for women Prison psychology Women prisoners -- Great Britain Female offenders -- Great Britain Women prisoners -- England Reformatories for women -- England ISBN 0333740831 (cased) : 0333746066 (pbk.) :

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