Barton, Alana, 1966-

Fragile moralities and dangerous sexualities : two centuries of semi-penal institutionalisation for women / by Alana Barton. - Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2005. - 176 p. ; 24 cm.

Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-172) and index.

Women behaving badly : feminist theory and the social control of women -- Wayward girls and wicked women : the history and development of the semi-penal institution -- Domestic discipline : semi-penal institutionalisation in the nineteenth century -- Between the church and the state : semi-penal institutionalisation in the twentieth century -- Vernon Lodge : the probation hostel for women as a semi-penal institution?

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Probation--Great Britain.
Female offenders--Great Britain.
Sex role--Great Britain.
Corrections--Great Britain.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain.

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