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Tyranny and the Lash: Prisoners and Punishments in British History
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Robert Hale Ltd
Publication date October 1, 2011
Pages 224
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780709092445
ISBN-10 070909244X
Dimensions 0 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $28.95
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Offering a rare insight into the world of crime and punishment, this history investigates the changing definitions of criminality that occur when the law adapts to the radical transmutations of society caused by warfare, social disorder, and events like the Industrial Revolution. It also explores the changing nature and uses of prisons throughout the centuries, from the medieval period to the early 20th century—looking at various different types of prisoner, from prisoners of war to suffragettes. It takes the reader through various crises in prison management and explains the change in attitudes toward imprisonment following the nationalization of prisons in 1877. As he examines practices such as hard labor, solitary confinement, and the treadwheel, Stephen Wade asks: is a more humane prison system emerging? As he delves into man’s inhumanity to man, he asks: what can we learn from our past?

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About: Offering a rare insight into the world of crime and punishment, this history investigates the changing definitions of criminality that occur when the law adapts to the radical transmutations of society caused by warfare, social disorder, and events like the Industrial Revolution.

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