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Author:

Bates, Gordon S., author.

Title:

The Connecticut Prison Association and the search for reformatory justice / Gordon S. Bates.

Publisher:

Wesleyan University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

506 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Connecticut Prison Association.
Prisons--Connecticut--History.
Prison administration--Connecticut--History.
Corrections--Connecticut--History.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Connecticut--History.
Connecticut Prison Association.
Corrections.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Prison administration.
Prisons.
Connecticut.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: two faces of justice -- Connecticut's cultural context, 1875 -- From Newgate Prison to Wethersfield State Prison, 1775-1875 -- Rehabilitation rekindled, 1875-1910 -- Continuity and regression, 1910-1933 -- Reform during the Maltbie era, 1933-1960 -- The culmination of progressive reform, 1960-1970 -- Rehabilitation's last hurrah, 1970-1980 -- The return of retributive justice, 1980-1990 -- The legacies of retribution, 1990-2000 -- Epilogue: five critical questions.

Series:

A driftless Connecticut series book

ISBN:

081957676X
9780819576767

LCCN:

2016023302

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)