description: This volume examines the first four decades in the history of the Andaman Islands penal colony. The analysis focuses on the meanings of 'crime' and 'rehabilitation' in colonial India, the objectives of punishment, and the responses of Indian criminals to the punishment inflicted by thecolonial state.
language: English
title: Disciplining Punishment: Colonialism and Convict Society in the Andaman Islands
titlecomplete: Disciplining Punishment: Colonialism and Convict Society in the Andaman Islands
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Oxford University Press