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Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England

By Lucia Zedner

Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England Law

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 extent to which gender-based ideologies influenced attitudes to female criminality. She charts the shift from the moral analyses dominant in the mid-nineteenth century to the interpretation of criminality as biological or psychological disorder prevalent later. Using a wide variety of sources--including prison regulations, diaries, letters, punishment books, grievances and appeals--Zedner explores both penological theory and the realities of prison life.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
376
Release Date:
1992-01-02
Publication Date:
1991-11-07
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198202644
ISBN13:
9780198202646
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
661 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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