The prison reform movement : forlorn hope / Larry E. Sullivan.

Main entry:

Sullivan, Larry E.

Title & Author:

The prison reform movement : forlorn hope / Larry E. Sullivan.

Publication:

Boston : Twayne Publishers, 1990.

Description:

xi, 164 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Social movements past and present

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).
Prison reform from its origins to 1890 -- The age of progressive reform, 1890-1950 -- Riot and rebellion in the 1950s -- The decline of treatment, 1950-1960 -- Corrections in transition, 1960-1970 -- Violence and revolt : the 1970s -- Reaction and repression : the 1980s.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Traces the history of prison reform in the United States, as the reformers attempt to set up a system that would deter further crime and rehabilitate convicts come into conflict with the need to punish and the inherent character of imprisonment.

ISBN:

0805797394 (alk. paper)
9780805797398 (alk. paper)
0805797408 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780805797404 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Prisons United States History.
Prisons États-Unis.
Prisons États-Unis Histoire.
Prisons.
Gefängnis
Geschichte
Reform
Strafvollzug
Gevangeniswezen.
Hervormingen.
Prisons United States.
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Social movements past and present.

Forlorn hope

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282767
Call No.: BIB 220538
Status: Available

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