Shades of the prison house : a history of incarceration in the British Isles /

Shades of the Prison House explores the history of imprisonment in the British Isles from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Over the centuries, prisons - from castle dungeons to 'lockups' to 'penitentiaries' to gaols - have changed radically in name, conditions, attributes an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Potter, Harry, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2019.
Temas:
Prisons > Great Britain > History.
Imprisonment > Great Britain > History.
Prisons > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Emprisonnement > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Imprisonment.
Prisons.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In the beginning, 600-1500
  • Squalor caceris, 1500-1750
  • Experimentation with imprisonment, 1750-1863
  • Punish and be damned, 1863-1895
  • The Age of Enlightenment, 1895-1965
  • Safe and secure?, 1965-2018.

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