Poor Discipline

Parole And The Social Control Of The Underclass, 1890-1990

by Jonathan Simon
language: english
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, January of 1997 ‧
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Reveals how modern strategies of punishment - and their failure - relate to political and economic transformations in society at large. The author uses the practice of parole in California as a window to the changing historical understanding of what a corrections system does and how it works.

Poor Discipline

Parole And The Social Control Of The Underclass, 1890-1990

by Jonathan Simon

Property Description
ISBN: 9780226758572
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Release Date: January of 1997
Language: English
Dimensions: 156 x 231 x 17 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 296
Format: Book
Collection: Studies In Crime And Justice
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
EAN: 9780226758572

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