Gendered Justice in the American West: Women Prisoners in Men's Penitentiaries by Anne M. Butler

Gendered Justice in the American West: Women Prisoners in Men's Penitentiaries

Anne M. Butler

304 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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In this shocking study, Anne M. Butler shows that the distinct gender disadvantages already faced by women within western society erupted into intense physical and mental violence when they became prisoners in male penitentiaries.    Drawing on pr...

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