The Oxford history of the prison : the practice of punishment in western society /
The Oxford history of the prison : the practice of punishment in western society /
History of the prison
edited by Norval Morris and David J. Rothman.
- xiv, 489 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index -- -- Introduction / Prison before the prison: the ancient and medieval worlds / Body and the state: early modern Europe / Well-ordered prison: England, 1780-1865 / Perfecting the prison: United States, 1789-1865 / Victorian prison: England, 1865-1965 / Failure of reform: United States, 1865-1965 / Prison on the continent: Europe, 1865-1965 / Contemporary prison: 1965-present / Norval Morris , David J. Rothman -- Edward M. Peters -- Pieter Spierenburg -- Randall McGowen -- David J. Rothman -- Sean McConville -- Edgardo Rotman -- Patricia O'Brien -- Norval Morris -- Australian experience: the convict colony / Local justice: the jail / Wayward sisters: the prison for women / Delinquent children: the juvenile reform school / Confining dissent: the political prison / Literature of confinement / John Hirst -- Sean McConville -- Lucia Zedner -- Steven Schlossman -- Aryeh Neier -- W.B. Carnochan.
In The Oxford History of the Prison, a team of distinguished scholars offers a vivid account of the rise and development of this critical institution. The authors trace the persistent tension between the desire to punish and the hope for rehabilitation, recounting the institution's evolution from the rowdy and squalid English jails of the 1700s, in which prisoners and visitors ate and drank together; to the sober and stark nineteenth-century penitentiaries, whose inmates were forbidden to speak or even to see one another; and finally to the "big houses" of the current American prison system, in which prisoners are as overwhelmed by intense boredom as by the threat of violence. The text also provides a gripping and personal look at the social world of prisoners and their keepers over the centuries. In addition, thematic chapters explore in-depth a variety of special institutions and other important aspects of prison history, including the jail, the reform school, the women's prison, political imprisonment, and prison and literature.
0195061535 9780195061536
95006280
Prisons--History.
HV8501 / .O94 1995
365.9
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index -- -- Introduction / Prison before the prison: the ancient and medieval worlds / Body and the state: early modern Europe / Well-ordered prison: England, 1780-1865 / Perfecting the prison: United States, 1789-1865 / Victorian prison: England, 1865-1965 / Failure of reform: United States, 1865-1965 / Prison on the continent: Europe, 1865-1965 / Contemporary prison: 1965-present / Norval Morris , David J. Rothman -- Edward M. Peters -- Pieter Spierenburg -- Randall McGowen -- David J. Rothman -- Sean McConville -- Edgardo Rotman -- Patricia O'Brien -- Norval Morris -- Australian experience: the convict colony / Local justice: the jail / Wayward sisters: the prison for women / Delinquent children: the juvenile reform school / Confining dissent: the political prison / Literature of confinement / John Hirst -- Sean McConville -- Lucia Zedner -- Steven Schlossman -- Aryeh Neier -- W.B. Carnochan.
In The Oxford History of the Prison, a team of distinguished scholars offers a vivid account of the rise and development of this critical institution. The authors trace the persistent tension between the desire to punish and the hope for rehabilitation, recounting the institution's evolution from the rowdy and squalid English jails of the 1700s, in which prisoners and visitors ate and drank together; to the sober and stark nineteenth-century penitentiaries, whose inmates were forbidden to speak or even to see one another; and finally to the "big houses" of the current American prison system, in which prisoners are as overwhelmed by intense boredom as by the threat of violence. The text also provides a gripping and personal look at the social world of prisoners and their keepers over the centuries. In addition, thematic chapters explore in-depth a variety of special institutions and other important aspects of prison history, including the jail, the reform school, the women's prison, political imprisonment, and prison and literature.
0195061535 9780195061536
95006280
Prisons--History.
HV8501 / .O94 1995
365.9