| Feminized Justice: The Toronto Women's Court, 1913-34 Contributor(s): Glasbeek, Amanda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774817127 ISBN-13: 9780774817127 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Law | Courts - General - Law | Gender & The Law |
| Dewey: 364.374 |
| LCCN: 2010286386 |
| Series: Law and Society |
| Physical Information: 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1913, Toronto launched Canada's first woman's police court. The court was run by and for women, but was it a great achievement? This multifaceted portrait of the cases, defendants, and officials that graced its halls reveals a fundamental contradiction at the experiment's core: the Toronto Women's Police Court was both a site for feminist adaptations of justice and a court empowered to punish women. Reconstructed from case files and newspaper accounts, this engrossing portrait of the trials and tribulations that accompanied an early experiment in feminized justice sheds new light on maternal feminist politics, women and crime, and the role of resistance, agency, and experience in the criminal justice system. |