The Promise of Punishment: Prisons in Nineteenth-Century France

by Patricia O'Brien

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691053391
• ISBN13: 9780691053394
• Release Date: April 1982
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"