Jails in the Early American Republic: Transcarceration, Decarceration, and Rabble Management

Recent state-level penal policy reforms have the potential to shift the burden of incarceration to local jails. We argue that such transcarceration is not a new phenomenon, but rather, is a persistent aspect of incarceration in the United States. In this article, we provide an historical analysis of...

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Authors: Tillotson, Stephen E. (Author) ; Colanese, Jennifer A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: The prison journal
Year: 2017, Volume: 97, Issue: 1, Pages: 118-139
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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