The birth of the penitentiary in Latin America
Subtitle: essays on criminology, prison reform, and social control, 1830-1940
By: edited by Ricardo D. Salvatore and Carlos Aguirre.
Contributors: Salvatore, Ricardo Donato.; Aguirre, Carlos, 1958-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: New interpretations of Latin America series
Publisher: University of Texas Press; Institute of Latin American Studies
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Prisons -- Latin America -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.