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Autore: | Pratt John <1949-> |
Titolo: | Punishment and civilization [[electronic resource] ] : penal tolerance and intolerance in modern society / / John Pratt |
Pubblicazione: | London, : SAGE, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina: | 364.6 |
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Soggetto topico: | Prisons - England - History |
Punishment - England - History | |
Punishment | |
Social psychology | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Carnival, Execution and Civilization; Chapter 3 - The Disapperance of Prison; Chapter 4 - The Amelioration of Prison Life; Chapter 5 - The Sanitization of Penal Language; Chapter 6 - The Memories of Prisoners; Chapter 7 - Bureaucratization and Indifference; Chapter 8 - The Breakdown of Civilization; Chapter 9 - The Gulag and Beyond; Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | 'Punishment and civilization' examines how a framework of punishment that suited the values and standards of the civilized world came to be set in place from around 1800 to the late 20th century. |
Altri titoli varianti: | Punishment & civilization |
Titolo autorizzato: | Punishment and civilization |
ISBN: | 1-4129-3322-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910461942803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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