Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs : Social Theory and the History of Punishment in Nineteenth-Century America
1997 ed.
by
M. Colvin
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0312221282
ISBN-13
9780312221287
Edition
1997 ed.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 11th, 2000
Print length
294 Pages
Weight
398 grams
Dimensions
14.10 x 21.30 x 2.40 cms
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The very definition of punishment in America has been subject to a variety of changes, and has served as the basis for much debate over the course of America's history.
Over the course of U.S. history, the very definition of punishment in America has been subject to a variety of changes and has served as the basis for much debate. Mark Colvin examines three case studies from the 19th 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. In addition, he examines topics such as how punishment differs from reform, the treatment of women in reformatories, and the notion that convict leasing and chain gangs of black prisoners in the South are a perpetuation of plantation slave labor.
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