About this title: This text is an informative account of the growth and development of the prison in Western society, from classical times to the present day. In 14 chapters - each written by specialists in social, legal, and institutional history - the book explores not only the complex history of the prison, but also the social world of inmates and their keepers.
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Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Pub Date: 10/27/1997 Binding: Paperback Pages: 448. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195118148ISBN:0195118146
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780195118148ISBN:0195118146
Description: Very Good. Bright copy with corner edge wear & some creasing to pictorial wraps, very mild page ridge discoloration. 425 pp. "The word "prison" immediately evokes stark images: forbidding walls spiked with watchtowers; inmates confined to cramped cells for hours on end; the suspicious eyes of armed guards. In The Oxford History of the Prison, a team of distinguished scholars reveal how our ideas of crime and practices of punishment have changed over time, and offer a vivid account of the rise ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1997-12-18
ISBN-13:9780195118148ISBN:0195118146
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780195118148ISBN:0195118146
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780195118148ISBN:0195118146
Description: New. An account of prisons from the ancient world to the present day, which sets the prison in larger social and cultural contexts, shedding light on important aspects of Western culture. 12 halftones, 4 line illus. read more
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Description: New. The word "prison" immediately evokes stark images: forbidding walls spiked with watchtowers; inmates confined to cramped cells for hours on end; the suspicious eyes of armed guards. They seem to be the inevitable and permanent marks of confinement, a... read more
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Edition: Norval Morris (Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology,
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, USA
ISBN-13:9780195118148ISBN:0195118146
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. The word "prison" immediately evokes stark images: forbidding walls spiked with watchtowers; inmates confined to cramped cells for hours on end; the suspicious eyes of armed guards. They seem to be the inevitable and permanent marks of confinement, as though prisons were a timeless institutionstretching from medieval stone dungeons to the ... read more
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