Punishment, prisons, and patriarchy : liberty and power in the early American republic /

Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy tells the story of how first-generation Americans coupled their legacy of liberty with a penal philosophy that promoted patriarchy, especially for marginal Americans. American patriots fought a revolution in the name of liberty. Their victory celebrations barely e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kann, Mark E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Punishment > United States > History.
Prisons > United States > History.
Prisons > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Prisons.
Punishment.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Justifications for punishment
  • Purposes of punishment
  • Targets of punishment
  • Benjamin Rush : patriarch of penal reform
  • The case against traditional punishments
  • Penitentiary punishment
  • Prison discipline and prison patriarchs
  • Disenchantment
  • Warehousing marginal Americans
  • Concealing punishment
  • Stretching patriarchal political power
  • Conclusion : liberty and power.

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