American penology : a history of control /: a history of control. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas G. Blomberg, Karol Lucken.
• Other Names: Blomberg, Thomas G; Lucken, Karol
• Contents: Introduction -- Public punishment in Colonial America (1600-1790) -- Penal code reform in the period of transition (1790-1830) -- Age of the penitentiary in nineteenth-century America (1830-1870s) -- Progressivism and reformatory, parole, and probation (1880s-1920s) -- Progressivism and the juvenile court (1900-1960s) -- Twentieth-century rehabilitative ideal and "correctional" system (1900-1960s) -- Prison subcultures (1950s-1960s) -- Prisoner rights in age of discontent (1960s-1970s) -- Decentralizing corrections (1960s-1970s) -- Conservatism and law-and-order punishment (1980s-1990s) -- Penal system as surrogate institution for special populations -- Punishment in millennial age -- Conclusion.
• Edition: Enl. 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (310 pages)
• Subjects: 365.973; Prisons -- United States -- History; Punishment -- United States -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351532501; 1351532502
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.