Montana justice : power, punishment, & the penitentiary /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Edgerton, Keith
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Montana State Prison > History.
Montana State Prison > Finance > History.
Montana State Prison > Corrupt practices > History.
Montana State Prison.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Corruption.
Finance.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Majesty of the Law: Vigilantism and Western Prisons
  • 2. Penitentiary on a Shoestring
  • 3. ""The Accursed Thing"": The Territorial Penitentiary
  • 4. No Warden More Efficient: Frank Conley
  • 5. Getting Tough on Crime: 1921 to the Present
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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