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The Rise of the Penitentiary: Prisons and Punishment in Early America - Yale Historical Publications Series Adam J. Hirsch First edition
The Rise of the Penitentiary: Prisons and Punishment in Early America - Yale Historical Publications Series
Adam J. Hirsch
Before the 19th century, American prisons were used to hold people for trial and not to incarcerate them for wrong-doing. After independence, states began to reject such public punishment as whipping and pillorying and turn to imprisonment instead. Hirsch explores the reasons behind this change.
243 pages
| Medios de comunicación | Libros Hardcover Book (Libro con lomo y cubierta duros) |
| Publicado | 24 de junio de 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780300042979 |
| Editores | Yale University Press |
| Páginas | 243 |
| Dimensiones | 236 × 159 × 23 mm · 589 g |
| Lengua | Inglés |