Format:
XIV, 489 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0195061535
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction
,
Australian experience: the convict colony
,
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
,
Local justice: the jail
,
Wayward sisters: the prison for women
,
Delinquent children: the juvenile reform school
,
Confining dissent: the political prison
,
Literature of confinement
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Law
Keywords:
Gefängnis
;
Geschichte
;
Gefängnis
;
Sozialgeschichte
