| «The Tombs of the Living»: Prisons and Prison Reform in Liberal Italy Contributor(s): Coppa, Frank J. (Editor), Carrafiello, Susan B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820437786 ISBN-13: 9780820437781 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - History | Europe - Italy - Law |
| Dewey: 365.945 |
| LCCN: 97008537 |
| Series: Studies in Biblical Literature |
| Physical Information: 138 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book surveys prison reform in liberal Italy. Relying on archival and published material, it shows that even as Italian criminologists gained international prominence during the liberal era, the Italian government failed to create an effective national prison system. For economic and social reasons, legislation for prison reform remained, in contemporaries' words, a -dead letter-. Even as late as 1904, the socialist Filippo Turati could justifiably describe Italy's prisons as -tombs of the living-." |