Special issue. The beautiful prison

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sarat, Austin
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
• Σειρά: Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 64.
• Θέματα: Social Science > Criminology.; Prisons.; Law & society.; Penology & punishment.; Prisons > United States.; Imprisonment > United States.
• Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: Includes index.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource (x, 96 p.) : ill.
• ISBN: 9781783509669 (electronic bk.) :
• ISSN: 1059-4337 ;

In The beautiful prison incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformation into a socially constructive institution.