Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on case files and newspapers accounts of women’s confrontations with the law in the Toronto Women’s Police Court, Feminized Justice offers a multifaceted portrait of women, crime, and courts in early twentieth-century Toronto.
Trade ReviewGlassbeek's book is an important addition to feminist colloquy as well as feminist inquiry...[a] comprehensive and insightful explanation of how and why a path paved with good intentions became a dead end.
-- Judith A. Baer, Texas A&M University * Law and Politics Book Review, Vol 20, No 7 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 The Toronto Women’s Police Court as an Institution
2 Feminism, Moral Equality, and the Criminal Law: The Women’s Court as Feminized Justice
3 “The badness of their badness when they’re bad”: Women, Crime, and the Court
4 “What chance is there for a girl?” Vagrancy and Theft Charges in the Women’s Court
5 “Up again, Jenny?” Repeat Offenders in the Women’s Court
6 “Can her justice be just?” Margaret Patterson, Male Critics, and Female Criminals, 1922–34
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
