In this study of women prisoners in men's penitentiaries from 1865 to 1915, Anne M. Butler shows that the women, already faced with distinct gender disadvantages within western society, were subjected to intense physical and mental violence while in prison. For women of color or of lower social class, she argues, the violence was even greater and more frequent. Butler's poignant cross-cultural account draws on prison records and the words of the women themselves. She explores how nineteenth-century criminologists ...
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In this study of women prisoners in men's penitentiaries from 1865 to 1915, Anne M. Butler shows that the women, already faced with distinct gender disadvantages within western society, were subjected to intense physical and mental violence while in prison. For women of color or of lower social class, she argues, the violence was even greater and more frequent. Butler's poignant cross-cultural account draws on prison records and the words of the women themselves. She explores how nineteenth-century criminologists constructed the criminal woman; the elements of age, race, class, and gender in women's court proceedings; the kinds of violence encountered by women inmates; their diet, illnesses, experiences with pregnancy and child-bearing; prison work systems for women; and women's own strategies for response.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Crisp, unread, unmarked copy. The binding is tight, top front corner bumped. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 8vo. 262pp.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Pages are clean and tight, boards are bumped, head and foot, at the spine; dust jacket is bumped at the spine and there is a little edge wear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 262 p. Audience: General/trade.
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As New in As New jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A study of women prisoners in men-run penal institutions from 1865 through 1915, the author arguing that they were often subjected to intense physical and mental violence, especially when from lower social classes. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, notes, bibliography, indexed, 262pp. A very nice copy, unused and unread. Rare, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.