| Description |
x, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-330) and index. |
| Contents |
"She will benefit from further disciplinary treatment" : the historiography of women's imprisonment -- "One female prisoner is of more trouble than twenty males" : female convicts at the Alton Penitentiary, 1835-1858 -- "The most degraded of their sex, if not of humanity" : female convicts at the Joliet penitentiary, 1859-1896 -- "For God sake your honor let me out of here" : nineteenth-century pardon petitions -- "An act becomes a crime according to the community in which it is committed" : the social construction of a criminal act -- "Lured traveling salesman to her room" : the character of women's crimes, 1890-1960 -- "Whores and thieves of the worst kind" : a collective profile of female prisoners, 1890-1960 -- "Defective degenerates" versus "these poor unfortunates" : managing female felons and delinquent girls, 1896-1919 -- "The rottenest hole in the whole prison system of Illinois" : Joliet women's prison in the 1920s -- "We seem to be dealing with a psychopathic personality" : psychiatric constructions of female criminality -- "Success upon parole is doubtful" : women before the parole board -- "Discipline and morale have not been satisfactory" : the rise and fall of the domestic ideal, 1930-1954 -- "I have trouble getting her to live by the rules" : surveillance and control, 1954-1962 -- "Punished for vulgarity and unladylike behavior" : Dwight's final decade as a reformatory, 1962-1972. |
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Women prisoners -- Illinois -- History.
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Female offenders -- Illinois -- History.
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Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Illinois -- History.
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| ISBN |
0875802966 (alk. paper) |
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