The Promise of Punishment: Prisons in Nineteenth-Century France

by Patricia O'Brien

Book Overview

Patricia O'Brien traces the creation and development of a modern prison system in nineteenth-century France. The study has three principal areas of concern: prisons and their populations; the organizing principles of the system, including occupational and educational programs for rehabilitation; and the extension of punishment outside the prison walls.

Originally published in 1982.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691614512
• ISBN13: 9780691614519
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"