The Promise of Punishment : Prisons in Nineteenth-Century France /

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Patricia O'Brien traces the creation and development of a modern prison system in nineteenth-century France. The study has three principal areas of concern: prisons and their populations; the organizing principles of the system, including occupational and educational programs for rehabilitation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Patricia, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prisons > Social aspects.
Prisons.
Prisoners.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Prisonniers > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Prisons > Aspect social > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Prisons > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Prisoners > France > History > 19th century.
Prisons > Social aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Prisons > France > History > 19th century.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION: Institutional History and the History of the Prison
  • CHAPTER 1: The Science of the New Punishment
  • CHAPTER 2: Men and Women in Prisons
  • CHAPTER 3: The New Prison Subcultures
  • CHAPTER 4: Youth in Prisons
  • CHAPTER 5: Work and Discipline in the Prison
  • CHAPTER 6: Education and Correction in the Prison
  • CHAPTER 7: The Released Prisoner in Civil Society
  • CHAPTER 8: Exclusion as Punishment
  • CHAPTER 9: The Total Institution in Nineteenth- Century France
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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