RT Book
T1 The deviant prison: Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary and the origins of America's modern penal system, 1829-1913
T2 Cambridge historical studies in American law and society
A1 Rubin, Ashley T.
LA English
PP Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1700278460
AB "At a time when prisons were still new, and nearly every prison in the country followed the same model of confinement, Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary (opened in 1829) was known for its exceptional reliance on long-term solitary confinement. Eastern was criticized for its exceptional reliance on what was seen as an inhumane, expensive, and ineffective approach to confinement. Why did it persist in its deviance? This book traces the process by which Eastern's criticized method of confinement became institutionalized for its administrators. Often working against the opposition of the local penal reformers and state legislature, Eastern's administrators fought both publicly and behind the scenes to maintain their unique approach because of the particular value it offered them. Ultimately, this study retells the history of nineteenth century prison innovation and diffusion from the perspective of those actors most demonized within the penal field. It offers multiple lessons for understanding penal trends, including the way in which anxiety that about significant penal change shapes penal actors' decisions. It also illustrates how organizations, including state-run organizations, can continuously defy legal, penal, and cultural norms in ways standard organizational theories cannot explain"--
CN HV9475.P42
SN 9781108484947
SN 9781108718882
K1 Prisons : Pennsylvania : History : 19th century
K1 Prison administration : Pennsylvania : History : 19th century
K1 Corrections : Pennsylvania : History : 19th century
K1 Corrections : United States : History : 19th century
K1 Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania : Geschichte 1829-1913