Penitentiaries, reformatories, and chain gangs
Subtitle: social theory and the history of punishment in nineteenth-century America
By: Mark Colvin.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Punishment -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Correctional institutions -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-283) and index.