From Gulag to Guantanamo

Examines the historical, economic and political forces that shape and influence penal policies and institutions across a number of different countries.

List of contents

Preface / 1. Introduction / 2. A Primer on the Evolution of the Penitentiary / 3. The Institution of American Slavery and the Evolution of Modern Mass Incarceration: A Critical Assessment of Forced Labor in America and China / 4. Reaping Refugees: Privatized Immigration Detention Centers in America and Australia / 5. Condemned Kids: The Incarceration of Children for Profit in America and the United Kingdom / 6. From Gulag to Guantanamo: State Sanctioned Torture and The Global Convergence of Corporate States; An American-Russian Case Study / Selected Bibliography / Index

About the author

Wesley Kendall is a Law Lecturer at the University of the South Pacific.

Summary

Examines the historical, economic and political forces that shape and influence penal policies and institutions across a number of different countries.

Product details

• Authors: Wesley Kendall
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2015
• EAN: 9781783484690
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-469-0
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, governance;inequality;penal;penology;prisons;social justice