The Crisis of Imprisonment Protest, Politics, and the Making of the American Penal State, 1776-1941 |
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| Author:
| McLennan, Rebecca M. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-53783-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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America's prison-based system of punishment has not always enjoyed the widespread political and moral legitimacy it has today. Unearthing fresh evidence from prison and state archives, McLennan shows how, in each of three distinct periods of crisis, widespread dissent culminated in the dismantling of old systems of imprisonment.
America's prison-based system of punishment has not always enjoyed the widespread political and moral legitimacy it has today. Unearthing fresh evidence from prison and state archives, McLennan shows how, in each of three distinct periods of crisis, widespread dissent culminated in the dismantling of old systems of imprisonment.