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The Rise of the Penitentiary

Prisons and Punishment in Early America

The Rise of the Penitentiary( )
Author: Hirsch, Adam J.
Series title:Yale Historical Publications Ser.
ISBN:978-0-300-04297-9
Publication Date:Jun 1992
Publisher:Yale University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $60.00
Book Description:

Before the nineteenth century, American prisons were used to hold people for trial and not to incarcerate them for wrong-doing. Only after independence did American states begin to reject such public punishment as whipping and pillorying and turn to imprisonment instead. In this legal, social, and political history, Adam J. Hirsch explores the reasons behind this change.   Hirsch draws on evidence from throughout the early Republic and examines European...
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Book Details
Pages:244
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Penology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.608 x 0.917 x 0.105 Inches
Book Weight:1.6 Pounds



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