The Promise of Punishment
Prisons in Nineteenth-Century France
Will be published approx. on 19. April 2016
Book
Hardback
346 pages
978-0-691-64214-7 (ISBN)
Description
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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
846 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-64214-7 (9780691642147)
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E-Book
07/2014
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€61.49
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Person
Patricia O'Brien grew up in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. She received a B.A. in English Literature and a minor in teaching from Saint Joseph's University, and a M.A. in Contemporary British and Irish Literature from West Chester University.
O'Brien's poems have appeared in Daedalus, The English Journal, Mad Poets Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts, Ink, Philadelphia Stories, and Philadelphia Poets.
O'Brien won first prize from the John and Rose Petracca and Family Award for "Judy's Garden" as well as an honorable mention for her poem "Before It's Gone" from Philadelphia Poets. Her poem "Devon Drive" was reprinted in PS Books Anthology: the Best of the Best.
O'Brien taught literature and rhetoric at Villa Maria Academy and creative writing at Penn State Brandywine. Currently she works as a care management associate for Aetna. She and her husband live in West Chester, Pennsylvania with their two daughters and chocolate Labrador.
Content
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Illustrations, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION: Institutional History and the History of the Prison, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1: The Science of the New Punishment, pg. 13*CHAPTER 2: Men and Women in Prisons, pg. 52*CHAPTER 3: The New Prison Subcultures, pg. 75*CHAPTER 4: Youth in Prisons, pg. 109*CHAPTER 5: Work and Discipline in the Prison, pg. 150*CHAPTER 6: Education and Correction in the Prison, pg. 191*CHAPTER 7: The Released Prisoner in Civil Society, pg. 226*CHAPTER 8: Exclusion as Punishment, pg. 258*CHAPTER 9: The Total Institution in Nineteenth- Century France, pg. 297*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 305*INDEX, pg. 325