Amanda Glasbeek is an assistant professor of criminology in the Department of Social Science at York University.

• Introduction1 The Toronto Women's Police Court as an Institution2 Feminism, Moral Equality, and the Criminal Law: The Women's Court as Feminized Justice3 "The badness of their badness when they're bad": Women, Crime, and the Court4 "What chance is there for a girl?" Vagrancy and Theft Charges in the Women's Court5 "Up again, Jenny?" Repeat Offenders in the Women's Court6 "Can her justice be just?" Margaret Patterson, Male Critics, and Female Criminals, 1922–34ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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. - Judith A. Baer, Texas A&M University (Law and Politics Book Review, Vol 20, No 7)

Amanda Glasbeek is an assistant professor of criminology in the Department of Social Science at York University.

• Introduction1 The Toronto Women's Police Court as an Institution2 Feminism, Moral Equality, and the Criminal Law: The Women's Court as Feminized Justice3 "The badness of their badness when they're bad": Women, Crime, and the Court4 "What chance is there for a girl?" Vagrancy and Theft Charges in the Women's Court5 "Up again, Jenny?" Repeat Offenders in the Women's Court6 "Can her justice be just?" Margaret Patterson, Male Critics, and Female Criminals, 1922–34ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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. - Judith A. Baer, Texas A&M University (Law and Politics Book Review, Vol 20, No 7)

Amanda Glasbeek is an assistant professor of criminology in the Department of Social Science at York University.

• Introduction1 The Toronto Women's Police Court as an Institution2 Feminism, Moral Equality, and the Criminal Law: The Women's Court as Feminized Justice3 "The badness of their badness when they're bad": Women, Crime, and the Court4 "What chance is there for a girl?" Vagrancy and Theft Charges in the Women's Court5 "Up again, Jenny?" Repeat Offenders in the Women's Court6 "Can her justice be just?" Margaret Patterson, Male Critics, and Female Criminals, 1922–34ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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. - Judith A. Baer, Texas A&M University (Law and Politics Book Review, Vol 20, No 7)