Sex is usually assumed to be a closely guarded secret of prison life. But it has long been the subject of intense scrutiny by both prison administrators and reformers—as well as a source of fascinatio
During the first half of the twentieth century, out-of-wedlock pregnancy came to be seen as one of the most urgent and compelling problems of the day. The effort to define its meaning fueled a struggl
Sex behind bars has long elicited intense scrutiny, fascination, and anxiety. In Criminal Intimacy. Regina Kunzel tracks these varying responses and reveals their foundational influence on modern thin
