The Justice Women: The Female Presence in the Criminal Justice System 1800-1970

by Stephen Wade

Overview

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. The Justice Women 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473870697
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/31/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Stephen Wade is a biographer and social historian, usually associated with crime and law, but here he turns his attention to a place he has known for forty years, as he has lived and worked in Scunthorpe all that time. His most recent books have been "Going to Extremes", "The Justice Women" and three volumes in the "Your Town in the Great War" series (all Pen & Sword), and :No More Soldiering" (Amberley).

Table of Contents

Preface vi

Introduction viii

Chapter 1 Charity, Education and Good Works 1

Chapter 2 The First Law Students and the Women Lawyers 11

Chapter 3 From One War to Another: The Policewomen Arrive 38

Chapter 4 From Women Jurors to Magistrates 55

Chapter 5 Behind Prison Walls 66

Chapter 6 Wartime and Post-war Policewomen 88

Chapter 7 Probation Officers and Legal Executives 103

Chapter 8 The 'Lady Detectives' 121

Chapter 9 Sheriffs, Lord Lieutenants and Coroners 137

Conclusions 143

Acknowledgements 150

Bibliography and Sources 151

Index 158