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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792513903321

Autore

Barton Alana <1966-, >

Titolo

Fragile moralities and dangerous sexualities : two centuries of semi-penal institutionalisation for women / / by Alana Barton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-25508-1

1-351-93598-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 pages)

Disciplina

365/.43/0941

Soggetti

Probation - Great Britain

Female offenders - Great Britain

Sex role - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis.

First published 2005 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Women behaving badly : feminist theory and the social control of women -- 3. 'Wayward girls and wicked women' : the history and development of the semi-penal institution -- 4. Domestic discipline : semi-penal institutionalisation in the nineteenth century -- 5. Between the church and the state : semi-penal institutionalisation in the twentieth century -- 6. Vernon Lodge : the probation hostel for women as a semi-penal institution? -- 7. Conclusion.