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Punishment and civilization : penal tolerance and intolerance in modern society / John Pratt.

Author/creator Pratt, John, 1949-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage,
Descriptionx, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Cover title Punishment & civilization
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 1 --2 Carnival, Execution and Civilization 15 --3 The Disappearance of Prison 35 --4 The Amelioration of Prison Life 60 --5 The Sanitization of Penal Language 81 --6 The Memories of Prisoners 97 --7 Bureaucratization and Indifference 121 --8 The Breakdown of Civilization 145 --9 The Gulag and Beyond 166.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002102282
ISBN0761947523
ISBN0761947531 (pbk.)

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