Special Issue : the beautiful prison /

In The beautiful prison, incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sarat, Austin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : Emerald Group, 2014.
Colección:Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 64.
Temas:
Prisons > United States.
Imprisonment > United States.
Prisons > États-Unis.
Emprisonnement > États-Unis.
Prisons.
Law & society.
Penology & punishment.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Imprisonment
Prisons
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In The beautiful prison, incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformation into a socially constructive institution.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 96 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781784415679
1784415677
1306876036
9781306876032
9781783509669
178350966X
ISSN:1059-4337 ;

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