Partial Justice: Women, Prisons, and Social Control
Contemporary Research on crime, prisons, and social control has largely ignored women. Partial Justice, the only full-scale study of the origins and development of women’s prisons in the United States, traces their evolution from the late eighteenth century to the present day. It shows that the character of penal treatment was involved in the very definition of womanhood for incarcerated women, a definition that varied by race and social class.\ Rafter traces the evolution of women’s prisons,...
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\ From the Publisher“Partial Justice has the unusual distinction of offering both a compelling thesis and a broad description. The book will speak to scholars of criminal justice, social history, and women’s history. It will be required reading for students of prison.” —Eric Monkkonen, University of California, Los Angeles\ \
