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The Deviant Prison: Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary and the Origins of America's Modern Penal System, 1829–1913 - Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Rubin, Ashley T. (University of Hawaii, Manoa)
The Deviant Prison: Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary and the Origins of America's Modern Penal System, 1829–1913 - Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
Rubin, Ashley T. (University of Hawaii, Manoa)
Using Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary as a case study, The Deviant Prison supplements the dominant narrative by looking at what an atypical prison tells us about prison reform more generally, bringing to light the challenges of nineteenth-century prison administration that helped embed our prison system as we know it today.
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| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 4, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9781108484947 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 414 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 159 × 33 mm · 766 g |