Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-325) and index
Justifications for punishment -- Purposes of punishment -- Targets of punishment -- Benjamin Rush : patriarch of penal reform -- The case against traditional punishments -- Penitentiary punishment -- Prison discipline and prison patriarchs -- Disenchantment -- Warehousing marginal Americans -- Concealing punishment -- Stretching patriarchal political power -- Conclusion : liberty and power.
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