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Author:

Smith, Roger, 1959 Aug. 15- author. aut

Title:

The history of punishment and imprisonment / by Roger Smith ; foreword by Larry E. Sullivan, PhD, Associate Dean, John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Publisher:

Mason Crest Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2018

Description:

80 p. : b&w ill., col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Imprisonment--History.
Punishment--History.
Prisons--History.
Capital punishment.
Executions and executioners.

Other Authors:

Sullivan, Larry E., writer of added text. wat

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Law and order in the ancient world -- Punishment and incarceration in the Middle Ages -- Chaotic justice in the 17th and 18th centuries -- The first penitentiaries in England and North America, 1780-1900 -- Reforms and failures in the modern era.

Summary:

This book reviews early forms of punishment from horrific executions and torture in medieval times to the creation of the worlds first penitentiaries in the 19th century.

Series:

Prison system

ISBN:

1422237826
9781422237823

LCCN:

2016054099

Locations:

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)