| Description |
xiv, 489 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Norval Morris , David J. Rothman -- Prison before the prison: the ancient and medieval worlds / Edward M. Peters -- Body and the state: early modern Europe / Pieter Spierenburg -- Well-ordered prison: England, 1780-1865 / Randall McGowen -- Perfecting the prison: United States, 1789-1865 / David J. Rothman -- Victorian prison: England, 1865-1965 / Sean McConville -- Failure of reform: United States, 1865-1965 / Edgardo Rotman -- Prison on the continent: Europe, 1865-1965 / Patricia O'Brien -- Contemporary prison: 1965-present / Norval Morris. |
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Australian experience: the convict colony / John Hirst -- Local justice: the jail / Sean McConville -- Wayward sisters: the prison for women / Lucia Zedner -- Delinquent children: the juvenile reform school / Steven Schlossman -- Confining dissent: the political prison / Aryeh Neier -- Literature of confinement / W.B. Carnochan. |
| Subject |
Prisons -- History.
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| Added Author |
Morris, Norval, 1923-2004.
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Rothman, David J.
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| ISBN |
0195061535 (acid-free paper) |
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