Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England Hardback
by Lucia (Fellow and Tutor in Law, Fellow and Tutor in Law, Corpus Christi College, Oxford) Zedner
Part of the Oxford Historical Monographs series
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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.
In 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. Lucia 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, Dr Zedner explores both penological theory and the realities of prison life.
This is a rich and scholarly study, which reveals much about the relationship between responses to female criminality and prevailing social values and concerns.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:372 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/11/1991
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- ISBN:9780198202646
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:372 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/11/1991
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- ISBN:9780198202646