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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164887003321

Autore

Bowles Robin

Titolo

Jail birds : Australian women doing crime / / Robin Bowles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Melbourne : , : Echo Publishing, a division of Bonnier Publishing, , 2016

ISBN

1-76040-305-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Soggetti

Female offenders - Australia

Women prisoners - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Jail Birds: Australian Women Doing Crime; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Jail Birds; In the Dead of Night: Susan Neill-Fraser's Story; 'I Didn't Know What to Do with Her': Tania Herman's Story; 'Red Lucy' and the Bandit: Lucy Dudko's Story; The Girl from Wallsend: Renae Lawrence's Story; Against the Odds: Roseanne Beckett's Story; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Imprint; Echo Publishing

Sommario/riassunto

In this new collection of stories by Australia's true crime queen, Robin Bowles shines a light on women who have done hard time. The astonishing skill and brazenness of their exploits, along with some apparent and shocking miscarriages of justice, will take your breath away.