An edition of Penitentiaries, reformatories, and chain gangs (1997)

Penitentiaries, reformatories, and chain gangs

social theory and the history of punishment in nineteenth-century America

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An edition of Penitentiaries, reformatories, and chain gangs (1997)

Penitentiaries, reformatories, and chain gangs

social theory and the history of punishment in nineteenth-century America

1st ed.

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In Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs, Mark Colvin tackles the subject of penal change in America by examining three case studies from the nineteenth century that represent shifts in the interpretation of punishment; the rise of penitentiaries in the Northeast; the changes in treatment of women offenders in the North; and the transformation of punishment in the South after the Civil War.

Colvin uses these case studies to apply four theoretical explanations of penal change, shedding light on both the history of penal authority and the current state of our correctional system. In addition, he examines ideas such as how punishment differs from reform, topics like the treatment of women in reformatories, and the notion that the use of convict leasing and chain gangs of black prisoners in the South is a perpetuation of plantation labor leftover from slavery.

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St. Martin's Press
Language
English
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294

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Subjects

Administration of Criminal justice, Correctional institutions, Criminal justice, Administration of, History, Punishment, Prisons, Alternatives to imprisonment, Corrections

Places

United States

Times

19th century
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Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs: Social Theory and the History of Punishment in Nineteenth-Century America
February 12, 2000, Palgrave Macmillan
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Cover of: Penitentiaries, reformatories, and chain gangs
Penitentiaries, reformatories, and chain gangs: social theory and the history of punishment in nineteenth-century America
1997, St. Martin's Press
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Penitentiaries, reformatories, and chain gangs
Penitentiaries, reformatories, and chain gangs: social theory and the history of punishment in nineteenth-century America
1997, Macmillan
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-283) and index.

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New York

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365/.973/09034
Library of Congress
HV9466 .C64 1997, HV9466.C64 1997

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x, 294 p. ;
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294

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OL666378M
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97012045
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36528434
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2673756
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OL2652571W

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