Query: Novels about gangs, history books about punishment or non-fiction books about gangs
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Death by a Thousand Cuts (book)
Liberty's Prisoners
Discipline and Punish
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (novel)
Memos from Purgatory
Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Underworld London
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
Desperadoes (novel)
Under and Alone
Evidence from documents: Death by a Thousand Cuts (book): '''''Death by a Thousand Cuts''''' is a book by the historians Timothy Brook and Gregory Blue and scientific researcher Jérôme Bourgon which examines the use of slow slicing or ''lingchi'', a form of torture and capital punishment practised in mid- and late-Imperial China from the tenth century until its abolition in 1905.
Liberty's Prisoners: history books: a history book by Jen Manion, a professor of History and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College, published in 2015 by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
about punishment: Manion reviews historical material from Pennsylvania between 1792 and 1835, including court and prison records as well as other historical material, to examine changes in the penal system during this era and disparities based on race, gender, poverty, and sexuality.
Discipline and Punish: '''''Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison''''' () is a 1975 book by French philosopher Michel Foucault. It is an analysis of the social and theoretical mechanisms behind the changes that occurred in Western penal systems during the modern age based on historical documents from France. Foucault argues that prison did not become the principal form of punishment just because of the humanitarian concerns of reformists. He traces the cultural shifts that led to the predominance of prison via the body and power. Prison is used by the "disciplines" – new technological powers that can also be found, according to Foucault, in places such as schools, hospitals, and military barracks.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (novel): '''''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford''''' is a 1983 historical novel by American writer Ron Hansen. It explores the life and times of Jesse James and his gang, and his death at the hands of Robert Ford.
Memos from Purgatory: Harlan Ellison's account of his experience with juvenile gangs when he joined one to research them for his first novel, ''Web of the City''. It also describes the author's experience during an overnight stay in jail.
Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: non-fiction books about gangs: It was Thompson's first published book and his first attempt at a nonfiction novel.
books about gangs: book written by Hunter S. Thompson, published in 1967 by Random House. It was widely lauded for its up-close and uncompromising look at the Hells Angels motorcycle club, during a time when the gang was highly feared and accused of numerous criminal activities. '
Underworld London: The book is a "colourful, gruesome" history of crime and punishment in London.
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A surrealist novel, it follows an unnamed transgender woman protagonist who leaves home at a young age to live on the Street of Miracles—where various sex work takes place—with other "femmes" (trans women). After one of them is killed, others form a gang and begin to attack men on the street.
Desperadoes (novel): '''''Desperados''''' is a 1979 fact and fiction novel by Ron Hansen that chronicles the rise and fall of the Dalton Gang.
Under and Alone: '''''Under and Alone''''' is a book written by undercover ATF agent William Queen and published by Random House in 2005 which chronicles his infiltration of the violent outlaw motorcycle gang, the Mongols.