American penology: a history of control

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Public punishment in Colonial America (1600-1790) -- Penal code reform in period of transition (1790-1830) -- Age of penitentiary in nineteenth-century America (1830-1870s) -- Progressivism and reformatory, parole, and probation (1880s-1920s) -- Progressivism and juvenile court (1900-1960s) -- Twent...

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Authors: Blomberg, Thomas G. (Author) ; Lucken, Karol (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ [u.a.] Aldine Transaction c 2010
In:Year: 2010
Edition:Enlarged 2. ed.
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 4632
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Keywords:
Prisons > History > United States
Punishment > History > United States
USA > Strafvollzug > Geschichte
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Summary:Public punishment in Colonial America (1600-1790) -- Penal code reform in period of transition (1790-1830) -- Age of penitentiary in nineteenth-century America (1830-1870s) -- Progressivism and reformatory, parole, and probation (1880s-1920s) -- Progressivism and juvenile court (1900-1960s) -- Twentieth-century rehabilitative ideal and "correctional" system (1900- -- 1960s) -- Prison subcultures (1950s-1960s) -- Prisoner rights in age of discontent (1960s-1970s) -- Decentralizing corrections (1960s-1970s) -- Conservatism and law-and-order punishment (1980s-1990s) -- Penal system as surrogate institution for special populations -- Punishment in millennial age -- Conclusion
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:IX, 299 S.
ISBN:9780202363349