Disruptive Prisoners: Resistance, Reform, and the New Deal

by Melissa Munn, Chris Clarkson, Chris Clarkson

Book Overview

Disruptive Prisoners reconstitutes the history of Canada's federal prison system in the mid-twentieth century through a process of collective biography - one involving prisoners, administrators, prison reformers, and politicians. This social history relies on extensive archival research and access to government documents, but more importantly, uses the penal press materials created by prisoners themselves and an interview with one of the founding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487525915
• ISBN13: 9781487525910
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher