The Politics of Penal Reform: Margery Fry and the Howard League

ISBN-13: 9781138039377 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 194 str.

Anne Logan

Opis

This book considers the life and work of Margery Fry, her legacy as a Howard League campaigner for penal reform and an international standard of prisoners’ minimum rights, and her role in the establishment of criminology as an academic discipline.

Spis treści

Preface, Frances Crook,  Introduction,  Part I: Becoming Miss Fry.  1. A Quaker Daughter,  2. A University Woman,  3. Women’s Suffrage and War Relief,  Part II: ‘Woman Champion of the Underdog’.  4. The Creation of the Howard League,  5. Pressure Behind the Scenes,  6. Popularizing Penal Reform,  7. Promoting Criminology,  Conclusion

O autorze

Anne Logan is Senior Lecturer in Social History at the University of Kent, UK.