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Feminized Justice

The Toronto Women’s Court, 1913-34

by (author) Amanda Glasbeek

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2010
Category
Gender & the Law, Legal History, Post-Confederation (1867-), Courts, NON-CLASSIFIABLE
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774859097
    Publish Date
    Jul 2010
    List Price
    $99.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774817127
    Publish Date
    Jul 2010
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774817110
    Publish Date
    Nov 2009
    List Price
    $95.00

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Description

In 1913, Toronto launched Canada’s first woman’s police court. The court was run by and for women, but was it a great achievement? This multifaceted portrait of the cases, defendants, and officials that graced its halls reveals a fundamental contradiction at the experiment’s core: the Toronto Women’s Police Court was both a site for feminist adaptations of justice and a court empowered to punish women. Reconstructed from case files and newspaper accounts, this engrossing portrait of the trials and tribulations that accompanied an early experiment in feminized justice sheds new light on maternal feminist politics, women and crime, and the role of resistance, agency, and experience in the criminal justice system.

About the author

Amanda Glassbeek is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University. Her books include Feminized Justice: The Toronto Women's Court, 1913-34 (2009) and Moral Regulation and Governance in Canada: History, Context, and Critical Issues (2006).

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Editorial Reviews

Glassbeek's book is an important addition to feminist colloquy as well as feminist inquiry...[a] comprehensive and insightful explanation of how and why a path paved with good intentions became a dead end.

Law and Politics Book Review, Vol 20, No 7