Want of Good Order and Discipline - Rules, Discretion and the Victorian Prison

Klappentext In the nineteenth century! prison became the dominant form of punishment for criminals! as capital and corporal measures were phased out and crime began to be thought of as a national! rather than a local! problem that demanded a national solution. Richard Ireland's detailed investigation into the operation of a local Welsh jail between 1840 and 1877 is a revealing account of the relationship between the jail! its staff and prisoners! and the community as well as a thorough exploration of the reasons for and resistances to the growth of the penal system. Zusammenfassung Investigating the operation of Carmarthen Gaol in the period 1840-1877! this book provides an account of the relationship between a local gaol! its staff and its prisoners! and the community in which it was situated. Crime came to be presented as a national! and not a local problem. It discusses issues of state and penal development.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Ireland, Richard N. Ireland, Richard W Ireland, IRELAND RICHARD N
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2007
• EAN: 9780708319451
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1945-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, discipline, of, prison, Order, Rules, South Wales, Victorian, good, Penology and punishment, Prisons, want, Discretion