Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England

By Lucia Zedner

Book Overview

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. Zedner's rigorously researched study examines the extent to which gender-based ideologies influenced attitudes to female criminality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019820552X
• ISBN13: 9780198205524
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.9" x 5.4"