The powers that punish: prison and politics in the era of the "Big House", 1920 - 1955

Introduction : the prison and its political contexts -- Prohibition, patronage, and profit : building the new prison at Jackson -- Scandals, probes, and purges : the politics of reform -- Uniform discipline and individual treatment : the new model of corrections and the Jackson riot of 1952 -- Dress...

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Main Author: Bright, Charles 1943- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 1996
In:Year: 1996
Online Access: Verlagsangaben (Verlag)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 19 A 4969
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Keywords:
Michigan State Prison > History
Prisons > Michigan > Jackson > History
Corrections > Political aspects > Michigan > History
Michigan > Politics and government
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Summary:Introduction : the prison and its political contexts -- Prohibition, patronage, and profit : building the new prison at Jackson -- Scandals, probes, and purges : the politics of reform -- Uniform discipline and individual treatment : the new model of corrections and the Jackson riot of 1952 -- Dressage to dungeons : marking trajectories of change in modern penology
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:326 S. Ill.
ISBN:0472107321