Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons
Subtitle: Familiar Responses to an Extraordinary Crisis during the American Civil War
Publisher: The Kent State University Press
Published: May 15, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781606353554
Description: "While primarily focusing on the Civil War years, the author looks back to the early 1800s to explain the establishment and function of penitentiaries, discussing how military and civil punishments continuously influenced each other throughout the Civil War era."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Source title: Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons: Familiar Responses to an Extraordinary Crisis during the American Civil War