| Forms of Constraint: A History of Prison Architecture Contributor(s): Johnston, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252074017 ISBN-13: 9780252074011 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 Annotation: From musty medieval dungeons to modern concrete cell-blocks, prison architecture reveals much about how a society sees fit to control and contain those who transgress its boundaries. Forms of Constraint is the first general volume to consider how prison design has evolved over the centuries, how it has taken shape in various corners of the globe, and how it reflects the society that oversees it. Embedding his discussion of architectural detail in a history of social ideas about prisoners and imprisonment, criminologist Norman Johnston considers the architectural design and features of prisons in light of the purposes they were meant to serve. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Public, Commercial & Industrial - Architecture | History - General - Social Science | Penology |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 8.22" W x 10.5" (1.25 lbs) 216 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Surveying prison architecture from earliest times, the author describes the preferred types of prison layout in various eras and locations, and considers how prison design has evolved over the centuries, how it has taken shape in various corners of the globe, and how it reflects the society that oversees it. |
