Amanda Glasbeek

Feminized Justice

The Toronto Women's Court, 1913-34

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780774817127
• ISBN-10: 0774817127
• Artikelnr.: 29987310

Autorenporträt

Amanda Glasbeek is an assistant professor of criminology in the Department of Social Science at York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The Toronto Women's Police Court as an Institution
2 Feminism, Moral Equality, and the Criminal Law: The Women's Court as
Feminized Justice
3 "The badness of their badness when they're bad": Women, Crime, and the
Court
4 "What chance is there for a girl?" Vagrancy and Theft Charges in the
Women's Court
5 "Up again, Jenny?" Repeat Offenders in the Women's Court
6 "Can her justice be just?" Margaret Patterson, Male Critics, and Female
Criminals, 1922-34
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index