| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Penal development and plate tectonics -- The pain of penitence: battling over criminal justice in early America -- Reform and repression in the progressive era -- Rehabilitation: all things to all people -- Deconstructing the carceral state -- Beyond the pendulum |
| Summary |
In 'Breaking the Pendulum', Philip Goodman, Joshua Page, and Michelle Phelps debunk the pendulum model of American criminal justice, arguing that it distorts how and why punishment changes. From the birth of the penitentiary through recent reforms, the authors show how the struggle of players in the penal field shapes punishment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Corrections -- United States
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Corrections
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Page, Joshua, author
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Phelps, Michelle, author
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| ISBN |
9780190669935 |
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0190669934 |
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