Convict(ed) Women—Then and Now: Lessons of History for Today
This paper explores the lives of convict women transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) in the 1800’s, with the aim to better understand the process of desistance and reintegration for contemporary female offenders. Through an analysis of the penal systems which operated during the era of transpo...
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| description | This paper explores the lives of convict women transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) in the 1800’s, with the aim to better understand the process of desistance and reintegration for contemporary female offenders. Through an analysis of the penal systems which operated during the era of transportation, this research draws on historiography to highlight the importance of understanding the past in order to inform the future. This critical reflection on the history-criminology nexus reveals the impact that societal attitudes and social context have on criminal justice practice and policy, and ultimately an ex-offender’s chances of becoming a valued member of their community. Select transcripts of the lives of 1800’s convicts are used to humanise the statistics; statistics which suggest shared experiences of trauma across both cohorts of women despite 175 years of separation between them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8dd78610987d4bbb8a650ce5fef544672023-03-02T01:12:21ZengQueensland University of TechnologyInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy2202-79982202-80052023-03-01121809010.5204/ijcjsd.27653088Convict(ed) Women—Then and Now: Lessons of History for TodayJessica Smith0Rob White1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8800-0093University of TasmaniaUniversity of Tasmania This paper explores the lives of convict women transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) in the 1800’s, with the aim to better understand the process of desistance and reintegration for contemporary female offenders. Through an analysis of the penal systems which operated during the era of transportation, this research draws on historiography to highlight the importance of understanding the past in order to inform the future. This critical reflection on the history-criminology nexus reveals the impact that societal attitudes and social context have on criminal justice practice and policy, and ultimately an ex-offender’s chances of becoming a valued member of their community. Select transcripts of the lives of 1800’s convicts are used to humanise the statistics; statistics which suggest shared experiences of trauma across both cohorts of women despite 175 years of separation between them.https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/2765assignment systemconvict womenrajah convict shipprobationreintegrationtasmaniavan diemen’s land |
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