Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England
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This book explores how the Victorians perceived and explained female crime, and how they responded to it--both in penal theory and prison practice. Victorian England women made up a far larger proportion of those known to be involved in crime than they do today: the nature of female criminality attracted considerable attention and preoccupied those trying to provide for women within the penal system. Zedner's rigorously researched study examines the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198202644
ISBN13:9780198202646
Release Date:January 1992
Publisher:Clarendon Press
Length:372 Pages
Weight:1.46 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.9"
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