Local Geographies of Crime and Punishment in a Plantation Colony: Gender and Incarceration in Barbados, 1878-1928
This article examines gendered profiles of crime and punishment in Barbados between 1878 and 1928. During this period, Barbados stood out from the rest of the Caribbean in levels of imprisonment of women. The context of unusually high levels of female committals to custody – related to (1) women’s p...
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| Language: | English |
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BRILL
2012-12-01
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| Series: | NWIG |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/8545 |