Gendered Justice in the American West: Women Prisoners in Men's Penitentiaries
- ISBN-10
- 0252068793
- ISBN-13
- 9780252068799
- Category
- Female offenders
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-08-15
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Author
- Anne M. Butler
Description
Documents the physical and mental punishment of female prisoners in the West between 1865 and 1915, drawing on prison records and the women's own words to analyze the role of gender, race, class, and age in the women's maltreatment. UP.
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