Gendered Justice in the American West
Subtitle: Women Prisoners in Men's Penitentiaries
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 8, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780252068799
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Offenders; Penology & punishment; Women's studies; Female Offenders (Criminology); Penal Institutions; Social Science; History - U.S.; Sociology; USA; United States - 19th Century/Old West; United States - State & Local - General; Women's Studies - History; Social Science / Women's Studies; Criminology; Penology
First sentence: The woman prisoner may have appeared divorced from the gender dynamics that affected womanhood, but that perception rested on a shallow foundation.