The prison reform movement
Subtitle: forlorn hope
By: Larry E. Sullivan.
Series: Social movements past and present
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Prisons -- United States -- History.
Other titles: Forlorn hope.
Description: Traces the history of prison reform in the United States, as the reformers attempt to set up a system that would deter further crime and rehabilitate convicts come into conflict with the need to punish and the inherent character of imprisonment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158).