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Oxford History of the Prison The Practice of Punishment in Western Society

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ISBN-10: 0195118146

ISBN-13: 9780195118148

Edition: 1998

Authors: Norval Morris, David J. Rothman

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The word "prison" immediately evokes stark images: forbidding walls spiked with watchtowers; inmates confined to cramped cells for hours on end; the suspicious eyes of armed guards. They seem to be the inevitable and permanent marks of confinement, as though prisons were a timeless institution stretching from medieval stone dungeons to the current era of steel boxes. But centuries of development and debate lie behind the prison as we now know it--a rich history that reveals how our ideas of crime and practices of punishment have changed over time. In The Oxford History of the Prison, a team of distinguished scholars offers a vivid account of the rise and development of this critical…    
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Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/18/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.18" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Introduction
Prisons in History
Prison Before the Prison: The Ancient and Medieval Worlds
Acknowledgments
Bibliographic Note
the Body and the State: Early Modern Europe
Acknowledgments
Bibliographic Note
the Well-Ordered Prison: England, 1780-1865
Bibliographic Note
Acknowledgments
Perfecting the Prison: United States, 1789-1865
Bibliographic Note
the Victorian Prison: England, 1865-1965
Bibliographic Note
the Failure of Reform: United States, 1865-1965
Acknowledgments
Bibliographic Note
the Prison on the Continent: Europe, 1865-1965
Bibliographic Note
the Contemporary Prison: 1965-Present
Bibliographic Note
Themes and Variations
the Australian Experience: The Convict Colony
Bibliographic Note
Local Justice: The Jail
Bibliographic Note
Wayward Sisters: The Prison for Women
Bibliographic Note
Delinquent Children: The Juvenile Reform School
Bibliographic Note
Confining Dissent: The Political Prison
Bibliographic Note
The Literature of Confinement
Works Cited
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
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