The Big House

by Stephen Cox

Book Overview

"The Big House" is America's idea of the prison--a huge, tough, ostentatiously oppressive pile of rock, bristling with rules and punishments, overwhelming in size and the intent to intimidate. Stephen Cox tells the story of the American prison-its politics, its sex, its violence, its inability to control itself-and its idealization in American popular culture. This book investigates both the popular images of prison and the realities behind them-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300215088
• ISBN13: 9780300215083
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"