Disciplining Punishment Colonialism and Convict Society in the Andaman Islands |
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| Author:
| Sen, Satadru |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-565116-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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This volume examines the first four decades in the history of the Andaman Islands penal colony. At the centre of the analysis are the meanings of 'crime' and 'rehabilitation' in colonial India, the objectives of punishment, and the responses of Indian criminals to the punishment inflicted by the colonial state.
This volume examines the first four decades in the history of the Andaman Islands penal colony. At the centre of the analysis are the meanings of 'crime' and 'rehabilitation' in colonial India, the objectives of punishment, and the responses of Indian criminals to the punishment inflicted by the colonial state.