Whores and Thieves of the Worst Kind: A Study of Women, Crime, and Prisons, 1835-2000

by L. Mara Dodge

Book Overview

Prostitutes, shoplifters, vagrants, murderesses--Dodge tracks the history of such improper women as she explores the history of female incarceration in Illinois from 1835 to the present. In court and in prison, these women--some who are considered beyond all hope of reformation--have received vastly different treatment than their male counterparts.

A woman's fate in court often hung on officials' estimates of her moral and sexual reputation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875806112
• ISBN13: 9780875806112
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher