Benevolent Repression

Benevolent Repression
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9780814766385
ISBN-13 : 0814766382
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Book Synopsis Benevolent Repression by : Alexander W. Pisciotta

Download or read book Benevolent Repression written by Alexander W. Pisciotta and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on sources in a dozen states and focusing on seven case studies, documents how the prison reform movement that began in 1876 quickly reverted to the previous standards of punishment, psychological and physical abuse, escapes, riots, suicide, drugs, arson, and rape. Argues that today's prisons, directly descended from those, still lay claim to the ideology of education and rehabilitation that was a myth from the beginning. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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