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GUARD AND PUNISH - BIRTH OF THE PRISON SYSTEM

NCJ Number
38195
Author(s)
M FOUCAULT
Date Published
1975
Length
330 pages
Annotation
HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLOSED, HIERARCHIC, FORTRESS-SYTLE PRISON BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF CORRECTION THROUGH ORDER AND DISCIPLINE IN FRANCE FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURIES.
Abstract
THE STUDY TRACES THE EFFECT OF THIS CONCEPT ON MANY FEATURES OF THE MODERN PENAL CODE IN FRANCE AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRIES. --IN FRENCH

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