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The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds : The Prison Experience, 1850-1935 /

Carlos Aguirre presents the first major study of prison reform & the prison system in Peru, & one of the few social histories of criminals & their world in Latin America.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aguirre, Carlos, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Apprehending the Criminal
  • 1. The Emergence of the Criminal Question (1850/1890)
  • 2. The Science of the Criminal (1890/1930)
  • 3. Policing and the Making of a Criminal Class
  • Part II. Prisons and Prison Communities
  • 4. Lima's Penal Archipelago
  • 5. Faites, Rateros, and Disgraced Gentlemen: Lima's Male Prison Communities
  • Part III. The World They Made Together
  • 6. Daily Life in Prison; I: The Customary Order
  • 7. Daily Life in Prison; II: Prison Subcultures and Living Conditions
  • 8. Beyond the Customary Order
  • Conclusion.