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  • Paperback: 440 pages
  • Publisher: OUP USA; New Ed edition (26 Feb 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0195118146
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195118148
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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timely collection of essays on the long, grim history of the prison ... The value of the collection is that it constantly makes one think why ... was 'the impulse to do good' channelled into 'creating something as strange as a prison'? (Paul Barker, The Observer )

a most challenging and disturbing book ... the book meticulously evidences the failure of mass imprisonment to deliver a minimum quality of civilised human existence ... It shows the historical continuity of injustice and absurdity in any mass system. (Bill Forsythe, New Statesman & Society )

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"a most challenging and disturbing book ... the book meticulously evidences the failure of mass imprisonment to deliver a minimum quality of civilised human existence ... It shows the historical continuity of injustice and absurdity in any mass system."
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Excellent Anthology 16 Dec 2007
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The Oxford History of the Prison - The Practice of Punishment in Western Society is an excellent compendium of essays chronicaling the practice of punishment from Ancient to Medieval times and today.

I highly recommend this history for anyone interested in the history of what is today called "incarceration" in our society. It brings to light the changing attitudes and ideals of what constitutes punishment (and crime).
Can't imagine...... 25 May 2009
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a better overall history of this subject. If you need just one book...........Grab it!
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