{"product_id":"women-crime-and-custody-in-victorian-england","title":"Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how the Victorians perceived and explained female crime, and how they responded to it - both in penal theory and prison practice.  In Victorian England women made up a far larger proportion of those known to be involved in crime than they do today; the nature of female criminality attracted considerable attention and preoccupied those trying to provide for women within the penal system.  Lucia Zedner's rigorously researched\n\u003cbr\u003estudy examines the extent to which gender-based ideologies influenced attitudes to female criminality.  She charts the shift from the moral analyses dominant in the mid-nineteenth century to the\n\u003cbr\u003einterpretation of criminality as biological or psychological disorder prevalent later.  Using a wide variety of sources - including prison regulations, diaries, letters, punishment books, grievances and appeals, Dr Zedner explores both penological theory and the realities of prison life.    This is a rich and scholarly study, which reveals much about the relationship between responses to female criminality and prevailing social values and concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46060464701678,"sku":"9780198202646","price":385.87,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780198202646.jpg?v=1736512250","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/women-crime-and-custody-in-victorian-england","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}