The Prison Reform Movement: Forlorn Hope (Twayne's social movements past & present series) - Softcover
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Traces the history of prison reform in the United States, as the reformers' attempts to set up a system that would deter further crime and rehabilitate convicts come into conflict with the need to punish and the inherent character of imprisonment
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Despite more than a century of attempts at rehabilitation, America now faces the highest criminal recidivism rate in its history. In an overview of two centuries of prison reform, Sullivan locates the religious origins of the present penal system and identifies six distinct periods. His portrait of the cycles of prison reform and rebellion - replete with coverage of the riots of the '50s and '70s - constitutes a contribution to the field and demonstrates his thesis that incarceration prohibits true rehabilitation.
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