Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire : Microcosms of Modernity /

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The Western world stereotypically associates Ottoman or 'Turkish' prisons with images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual behaviour. Now, Kent F. Schull argues that these prisons were actually a site of immense reform and contestation during the 19th century. Schull shows that prisons...

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Autor principal: Schull, Kent F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Prisons.
Prison administration.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Religion and beliefs.
Islamic life and practice.
Islam.
Humanities.
Prison administration > Turkey > History.
Prisons > Turkey > History > 20th century.
Prisons > Turkey > History > 19th century.
Turkey.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ottoman criminal justice and the transformation of Islamic criminal law and punishment in the age of modernity, 1839-1922
  • Prison reform in the late Ottoman Empire : the state's perspectives
  • Counting the incarcerated : knowledge, power and the prison population
  • The spatialisation of incarceration : reforms, response and the reality of prison life
  • Disciplining the disciplinarians : combating corruption and abuse through the professionalisation of the prison cadre
  • Creating juvenile delinquents : redefining childhood in the late Ottoman Empire.

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