Benevolent Repression : : Social Control and the American Reformatory-Prison Movement / / Alexander W. Pisciotta.
The opening, in 1876, of the Elmira Reformatory marked the birth of the American adult reformatory movement and the introduction of a new approach to crime and the treatment of criminals. Hailed as a reform panacea and the humane solution to America's ongoing crisis of crime and social disorder...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1994] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 1994 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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