Carlen Pat. Sledgehammer: Women’s Imprisonment at the Millennium

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998. — 180 p. — ISBN10: 0333746066; ISBN13: 978-0333746066Pat Carlen's compelling and compassionate analysis of the penal control of women at the end of the twentieth century is based on new research completed in 1997. She develops many of the themes of previous work, while introducing new concepts such as 'gender-testing', and 'ameliorative justice'. Skilfully and vividly presenting the words and views of both staff and inmates of the women's prisons, Carlen presents a powerful case for both a quantitative and qualitative reduction in women's imprisonment.1990s Statistical Profile of Women's ImprisonmentFrom John Howard to Michael Howard and Back Again
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