Buch, Englisch, 428 Seiten, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 485 g
Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic
Buch, Englisch, 428 Seiten, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 485 g
Reihe: New Lines in Criminology Series
ISBN: 978-0-202-30715-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
This reissue of a classic study addresses a core concern of social historians and criminal justice professionals: Why in the early nineteenth century did a single generation of Americans resort for the first time to institutional care for its convicts, mentally ill, juvenile delinquents, orphans, and adult poor? Rothman's compelling analysis links this phenomenon to a desperate effort by democratic society to instill a new social order as it perceived the loosening of family, church, and community bonds. As debate persists on the wisdom and effectiveness of these inherited solutions, The Discovery of the Asylum offers a fascinating reflection on our past as well as a source of inspiration for a new century of students and professionals in criminal justice, corrections, social history, and law enforcement.
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The Discovery of the Asylum; 1: The Boundaries of Qlonial Society; 2: Charity and Correction in the eighteenth Cmiury; 3: The Challenge of Crime; 4: The Invention of the Penitentiary; 5: Insanity and the Social Order; 6: The TSlew World of the Asylum; 7: The Paradox of Poverty; 8: The Almshouse experience; 9: The Well-Ordered Asylum; 10: The Legacy of Reform; 11: The Snduring Institution; Bibliographic Note