Pat Carlen, Professor of Criminology at the University of Keele, argues that 'women-wise' penal strategies should be devised to right some of the wrongs presently suffered by women in the criminal justice system.
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Smart, C.Feminism and the Power of Law, RKP, 1989.
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Eaton, M.Justice for Women? Open University Press, 1986
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Home Office Report of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons on HM Prison and Young Offenders Institution Drake Hall, 1989
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See Carlen, P.Women's Imprisonment: A Strategy for Abolition University of Keele Centre for Criminology, Occasional Paper No 3, 1989, for one account.