Women, crime and punishment in Ireland : life in the nineteenth-century convict prison / Elaine Farrell, Queen's University Belfast.
| Author/creator | Farrell, Elaine author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020. |
| Description | xii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "This book describes the history of the Irish female convict prison's history, structure and space, the historiography of Irish punishment and imprisonment, and the sources and methods. It outlines how the Irish Convict System developed in the wake of the end of transportation. It explores the aims and motivations of the Convict Directors who headed the System, and demonstrates how the approach won immediate praise and had widespread international influence. Optimism that the Irish Convict System had solved recidivism, however, was not to last and in the 1870s the establishment of the General Prisons Board initiated further changes. This book also explores the establishment of a singularly female prison managed mostly by female staff. It demonstrates, using quantitative and qualitative evidence, that a stay in Ireland's female convict prison was statistically unusual, even though the women housed therein were in other respects 'ordinary' women"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Farrell, Elaine, (Elaine Frances) Women, crime and punishment in Ireland. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020 9781108884242 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2020018100 |
| ISBN | 9781108839501 hardback |
| ISBN | 1108839509 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781108813266 paperback |
| ISBN | 1108813267 paperback |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV6046 .F267 2020 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |