Poor discipline
Auteur :
Simon, Jonathan
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226758572
Date de publication :
13 janv. 1997
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,5 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Reveals how modern strategies of punishment - and their failure - relate to political and economic transformations in society at large. The author uses the practice of parole in California as a window to the changing historical understanding of what a corrections system does and how it works.