‘Dreadful Beyond Description’: Mary Carpenter's prison reform writings and female convicts in Britain and India
(2010)
Journal Article
Schwan, A. (2010). ‘Dreadful Beyond Description’: Mary Carpenter's prison reform writings and female convicts in Britain and India. European Journal of English Studies, 14(2), 107-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825577.2010.481450
Mary Carpenter (1807-77) was one of mid-Victorian England's most prolific social reformers, starting her career with a focus on the reformation of juvenile offenders. This article considers Carpenter's writings on female convicts in Britain and India... Read More about ‘Dreadful Beyond Description’: Mary Carpenter's prison reform writings and female convicts in Britain and India.