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The History of Incarceration (Incarceration Issues: Punishment, Reform, and Rehabilitation)
The History of Incarceration - Incarceration Issues: Punishment, Reform, and Rehabilitation
Author: Roger Smith
This book covers the history of punishment and incarceration from the "Code of Hammurabi" in ancient Babylon, through the dungeons of mediaeval Europe to the birth of modern prisons more than a century ago, and finally arrives at today's massive penal systems. Spanning centuries and continents, the book explains how ideas that began centuries ag...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781590849859
ISBN-10: 159084985X
Publication Date: 9/30/2006
Pages: 112
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
Book Type: Library Binding
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