The Powers That Punish : Prison and Politics in the Era of the Big House , 1920-1955.
Bright, Charles.
The Powers That Punish : Prison and Politics in the Era of the Big House , 1920-1955. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (343 pages) - Law, Meaning, and Violence Series . - Law, Meaning, and Violence Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Prison and Its Political Contexts -- 2. Prohibition, Patronage, and Profit: Building the New Prison at Jackson -- 3. Scandals, Probes, and Purges: The Politics of Reform -- 4. Uniform Discipline and Individual Treatment: The New Model of Corrections and the Jackson Riot of 1952 -- 5. Dressage to Dungeons: Marking Trajectories of Change in Modern Penology -- Index -- Illustrations.
Explores the nature of punishment in a twentieth-century penitentiary.
9780472023110
Michigan - Politics and government.
Electronic books.
HV9475
365/.9774
The Powers That Punish : Prison and Politics in the Era of the Big House , 1920-1955. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (343 pages) - Law, Meaning, and Violence Series . - Law, Meaning, and Violence Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Prison and Its Political Contexts -- 2. Prohibition, Patronage, and Profit: Building the New Prison at Jackson -- 3. Scandals, Probes, and Purges: The Politics of Reform -- 4. Uniform Discipline and Individual Treatment: The New Model of Corrections and the Jackson Riot of 1952 -- 5. Dressage to Dungeons: Marking Trajectories of Change in Modern Penology -- Index -- Illustrations.
Explores the nature of punishment in a twentieth-century penitentiary.
9780472023110
Michigan - Politics and government.
Electronic books.
HV9475
365/.9774