The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society by

The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society

448 pages first pub 1945 (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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...

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