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Punishment and civilization : penal tolerance and intolerance in modern society / John Pratt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (x, 213 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781412933223
  • 1412933226
  • 9781446216354
  • 1446216357
  • 1280369795
  • 9781280369797
  • 128179466X
  • 9781281794666
  • 0761962093
  • 9780761962090
  • 0761962107
  • 9780761962106
  • 9781446234600
  • 1446234606
Other title:
  • Punishment & civilization
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Punishment and civilization.DDC classification:
  • 364.6 21
LOC classification:
  • HV6947 .P73 2002eb
Other classification:
  • 86.05
  • 86.44
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Carnival, Execution and Civilization; Chapter 3 -- The Disappearance of Prison; Chapter 4 -- The Amelioration of Prison Life; Chapter 5 -- The Sanitization of Penal Language; Chapter 6 -- The Memories of Prisoners; Chapter 7 -- Bureaucratization and Indifference; Chapter 8 -- The Breakdown of Civilization; Chapter 9 -- The Gulag and Beyond; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: 'Punishment and civilization' examines how a framework of punishment that suited the values and standards of the civilized world came to be set in place from around 1800 to the late 20th century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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'Punishment and civilization' examines how a framework of punishment that suited the values and standards of the civilized world came to be set in place from around 1800 to the late 20th century.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Carnival, Execution and Civilization; Chapter 3 -- The Disappearance of Prison; Chapter 4 -- The Amelioration of Prison Life; Chapter 5 -- The Sanitization of Penal Language; Chapter 6 -- The Memories of Prisoners; Chapter 7 -- Bureaucratization and Indifference; Chapter 8 -- The Breakdown of Civilization; Chapter 9 -- The Gulag and Beyond; Bibliography; Index.

English.

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