Cries For Help - Women without a Voice, Women's Prisons in the 1970s, Myra Hindley and Her Contemporaries (Paperback, New)

Cries for Help opens a window on the closed world of Holloway, other women's prisons and the lives of those held there in the 1970s. This was an era when personal style and charismatic leadership was the order of the day for governors and prison officers, before ideas of 'new management', when problems were solved using personal initiatives. It catalogues the daily lives of women prisoners, their anxieties, fears and preoccupations. The book looks at a lost segment of the population, hundreds of women who were hidden from view, lacking a voice, part of a system for men that hardly knew what to do with them. It contains stories about murderers and other serious offenders and looks at their personal correspondence, including that of moors murderer Myra Hindley.

General

Imprint:	Waterside Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	March 2014
Authors:	Joanna Kozubska
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-909976-05-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > Prisons Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Offenders > General
LSN:	1-909976-05-9
Barcode:	9781909976054

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