| Harsh Punishment: The Burning of the Charlestown Convent, 1834 Contributor(s): Cook, Sandy (Editor), Davies, Susanne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1555534112 ISBN-13: 9781555534110 Publisher: Northeastern University Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1999 Annotation: While the number of incarcerated women is dramatically escalating, women prisoners throughout the world are largely an invisible and neglected population. These comparative essays examine thoroughly the unique problems, challenges, and issues facing women inmates in the United States, Canada, England, New Zealand, Poland, and Thailand. The insightful volume fills a major gap in criminal justice literature, and it provides a solid basis for further discussion of the too-long ignored subject of women's imprisonment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 365.43 |
| LCCN: 99031173 |
| Series: New England Gender, Crime & Law |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While the number of incarcerated women is dramatically escalating, women prisoners throughout the world are largely an invisible and neglected population. These comparative essays examine thoroughly the unique problems, challenges, and issues facing women inmates in the United States, Canada, England, New Zealand, Poland, and Thailand. The insightful volume fills a major gap in criminal justice literature, and it provides a solid basis for further discussion of the too-long ignored subject of women's imprisonment. |