Punishment's “Square Deal”:Prisoners and their Keepers in 1920s New York

Journal of Urban History

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 597-619

  Mclennan, Rebecca ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discipline; prison; prison reform; prison riots; punishment

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL RIGHTS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN HISTORY; CRIME; LEGAL SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143141086     PISSN: 00961442     EISSN: 15526771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096144203029005005     Document Type: Article

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