The justice women : the female presence in the criminal justice system, 1800-1970
Wade, Stephen, 1948-2015
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Total copies: 3
The first policewomen were established during the Great War, but with no powers of arrest; the first women lawyers did not practise until the early twentieth century, and despite the fact that women worked as matrons in Victorian prisons, there were few professional women working as prison officers until the 1920s. This book traces the social history of the women working in courts, prisons, and police forces up to the 1970s. Their history includes the stories of the first barristers, but also the less well-known figures such as women working in probation and in law courts.
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Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2015.
Collation:
xvi, 160 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473843653 (pbk)1473843650 (pbk)
Dewey class:
363.2082 WAD363.2082
LC class:
PR6073.A32
Language:
English
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BRN:
280494