Coxsackie - The Life and Death of Prison Reform

This account challenges the conventional wisdom that America's prison crisis is of comparatively recent vintage, showing instead how a racial and punitive system of control emerged from the ashes of a progressive ideal.

Info autore

Joseph F. Spillane is an associate professor of history at the University of Florida. He is the author of several books, including Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884–1920, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joseph F Spillane, Joseph F. Spillane, Joseph F. (Associate Professor and Assoc Spillane, Joseph F. (Associate Professor and Associate Dean Spillane
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.08.2014
• EAN: 9781421413228
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1322-8
• Pagine: 312
• Serie: Reconfiguring American Political History; Reconfiguring American Political History; Reconfiguring American Politic
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; New York, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Penology and punishment, Prisons