The promise of punishment : prisons in nineteenth-century France

The promise of punishment : prisons in nineteenth-century France /

Patricia O'Brien traces the creation and development of a modern prison system in nineteenth-century France. The study has three principal areas of concern: prisons and their populations; the organizing principles of the system, including occupational and educational programs for rehabilitation...

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Main Author: O'Brien, Patricia, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1982
Series:Princeton legacy library
Subjects:
Prisons > France > History > 19th century.
Prisons > Social aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Prisoners > France > History > 19th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION: Institutional History and the History of the Prison
  • CHAPTER 1: The Science of the New Punishment
  • CHAPTER 2: Men and Women in Prisons
  • CHAPTER 3: The New Prison Subcultures
  • CHAPTER 4: Youth in Prisons
  • CHAPTER 5: Work and Discipline in the Prison
  • CHAPTER 6: Education and Correction in the Prison
  • CHAPTER 7: The Released Prisoner in Civil Society
  • CHAPTER 8: Exclusion as Punishment
  • CHAPTER 9: The Total Institution in Nineteenth- Century France
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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