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Criminal Women: Some Autobiographical Accounts
Diana Christina
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Description for Criminal Women: Some Autobiographical Accounts
Paperback. This fascinating book tells the stories of four women who became deeply involved in crime, giving vivid chronicles of the times in which they lived. Editor(s): Carlen, Pat; Christina, Diana; et al. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Criminal Women tells the stories of four women who, in attempting to become women of their own making, became deeply involved in crime.
Throughout the book, tales from the underworld and the criminal business world are interspersed with inside accounts of life in the women’s prisons – Holloway, Styal’s ‘Bleak House’, Durham’s H. Wing, Askham Grange, Pucklechurch and Bullwood Hall.
These stories of criminal women are vivid chronicles of the times in which they have lived. They will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the diversity of ways in which women cope with life in a class-riven ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
197
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745600888
SKU
V9780745600888
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Diana Christina
Pat Carlen is author of Magistrates' Justice and Women's Imprisonment Diana Christina lives in South London. Through painting and writing she aims to achieve 'self-integration, which is the art of living'. Jenny Hicks currently works for Clean Break, the ex-prisoner's theatre company, and the campaigning group Women In Prison. Josie O'Dwyer was Employment Development Worker for Women In ... Read more
Reviews for Criminal Women: Some Autobiographical Accounts
‘These essays make a poignant and purposeful statement which goes behind the rumors and beyond the mythology into a world that is different from men's prison. The women in them speak with the authentic voice of experience; they are survivors as well as victims.’ Mary McIntosh, University of Essex ‘Once again Pat Carlen's readiness to move ... Read more