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Alcatraz [[electronic resource] ] : the gangster years / / David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum
| Alcatraz [[electronic resource] ] : the gangster years / / David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum |
| Autore | Ward David A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (578 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365/.979461 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KassebaumGene G |
| Soggetto topico | Prisons - California - Alcatraz Island - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american crime
20th century american history al capone alcatraz alvin karpis american government convicts crime dock barker escape attempts fbi federal bureau of prisons federal government federal parole records gangsters george kelly infamous criminals inmates machine gun kelly outlaws penal policy penitentiary prison administrators prison guards prison public enemy resistance security supermax prison the rock worst of the worst |
| ISBN |
1-282-77248-1
9786612772481 0-520-94298-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison -- 1. The Federal Government's War on "Public Enemies" -- 2. A New Form of Imprisonment -- 3. Selecting the "Worst of the Worst" -- 4. The Program -- 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested -- 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts -- 7. Alcatraz on Trial -- 8. The War Years -- 9. The Battle of Alcatraz -- 10. Resistance and Adaptation -- 11. Outlaws among Outlaws -- 12. Celebrity Prisoners -- 13. Return to the Free World -- 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785270603321 |
Ward David A
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Dissecting the Criminal Corpse : Staging Post-Execution Punishment in Early Modern England / / by Elizabeth T. Hurren
| Dissecting the Criminal Corpse : Staging Post-Execution Punishment in Early Modern England / / by Elizabeth T. Hurren |
| Autore | Hurren Elizabeth T |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxx, 326 pages) : illustrations (some colour), 1 map |
| Disciplina | 364.66094209033 |
| Collana | Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife |
| Soggetto topico |
Great Britain—History
History Civilization—History History of Britain and Ireland History of Science Cultural History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
georgian england
convicts murderers homicide early modern england murder act crime studies |
| ISBN | 1-137-58249-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Condemned Body Leaving the Courtroom -- 2. Becoming Really Dead: Dying by Degrees -- 3. In Bad Shape: Sensing the Criminal Corpse -- PART II: PREAMBLE -- 4. Delivering Post-Mortem ‘Harm’: Cutting the Corpse -- 5. Mapping Punishment:Provincial Places to Dissect -- 6. The Disappearing Body: Dissection to the Extremities -- PART III: CONCLUSION -- 7. The Anatomical Legacy of the Criminal Corpse -- . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136547603321 |
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Hurren Elizabeth T
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| Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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