Benevolent Repression : Social Control and the American Reformatory-Prison Movement.

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The opening, in 1876, of the Elmira Reformatory marked the birth of the American adult reformatory movement and the introduction of a new approach to crime and the treatment of criminals. Hailed as a reform panacea and the humane solution to America's ongoing crisis of crime and social disorder...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pisciotta, Alexander W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1994.
Temas:
Prisons > United States > History.
Corrections > United States > History.
Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States > History.
Prisons > États-Unis > Histoire.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis > Histoire.
Réhabilitation > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Corrections
Criminals > Rehabilitation
Prisons
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Making Christian Gentlemen: The Promise of Elmira, 1876-1899; Chapter Two Benevolent Repression: The Reality of the Elmira System, 1876-1899; Chapter Three Revisiting Elmira: The Defects of Human Engineering in Total Institutions; Chapter Four Searching for Reform: The Birth of America's Third Penal System, 1877-1899; Chapter Five The "New" Elmira: Psycho-eugenics and the Decline of the Rehabilitative Ideal; Chapter Six Triumphant Defeat: The Decline of Prison Science, 1900-1920.
  • ConclusionAppendix: Declaration of Principles Adopted and Promulgated by the Congress; Bibliography; Index.

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