The Crisis of Imprisonment: Protest, Politics, and the Making of the American Penal State, 1776-1941 (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Crisis of Imprisonment: Protest, Politics, and the Making of the American Penal State, 1776-1941 (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society) Book

In the Age of Jackson, private enterprise set up shop in the American penal system. Working hand in glove with state government, by 1900 contractors in both the North and the South would go on to put more than half a million imprisoned men, women...Read More

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    This book offers a sweeping reinterpretation of American penal history between the Revolution and World War II.

  • 0521537835
  • 9780521537834
  • Rebecca M. McLennan
  • 4 March 2008
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 520
  • illustrated edition
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