Special issue. The beautiful prison

In The beautiful prison incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformat...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sarat, Austin
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
Series:Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 64.
Subjects:
Social Science > Criminology.
Prisons.
Law & society.
Penology & punishment.
Prisons > United States.
Imprisonment > United States.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Summary:In The beautiful prison incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformation into a socially constructive institution.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 96 p.) : ill.
ISBN:9781783509669 (electronic bk.) :
ISSN:1059-4337 ;

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