Bright, Charles. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Explores the nature of punishment in a twentieth-century penitentiary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780472023110 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Michigan - Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV9475 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>365/.9774