| Description |
xi, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
New lines in criminology
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Punishment in ancient and medieval Europe -- Punishment and public justice in colonial America (1600-1790) -- Punishment and deterrence in the period of transition (1790-1830) -- Punishment and reform in nineteenth-century America (1830-1880s) -- Progressive America and the rise of reformatories, parole, and probation (1880s-1930s) -- Progressive America and the juvenile court movement (1900-1960s) -- The twentieth-century rehabilitative ideal and the proliferation of penal services (1900-1960s) -- Discovering prison subcultures (1950s-1960s) -- Prisoner rights in the age of discontent (1960s-1970s) -- Decentralizing corrections in the age of discontent (1960s-1970s) -- Conservatism and law and order punishment (1980s-1990s) -- The prison as nursery, hospital, and asylum -- Penal reform and the culture of control (1990s and beyond). |
| Subject |
Prisons -- United States -- History.
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Punishment -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Lucken, Karol.
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| ISBN |
0202306380 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0202306372 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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