Locked up: a history of the US prison system

Every crime a sin, every sin a crime -- Silent and separate -- The reform movement -- The progressive era -- The big house -- The corrections era -- A fight for rights -- Getting tough -- Now what?

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edge, Laura B. 1953- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis Twenty-First Century Books 2009
In:Year: 2009
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3860
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Keywords:
Prisons > History > United States
Punishment > History > United States
Prisoners > Social conditions > History > United States
USA > Freiheitsstrafe > Geschichte
USA > Justizvollzugsanstalt > Geschichte
Description
Summary:Every crime a sin, every sin a crime -- Silent and separate -- The reform movement -- The progressive era -- The big house -- The corrections era -- A fight for rights -- Getting tough -- Now what?
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:112 S., Ill.
ISBN:978-0-8225-8750-7