Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs

The very definition of punishment in America has been subject to a variety of changes, and has served as the basis for much debate over the course of America''s history. In Penitentiaries, Reformatories, Chain Gangs , Mark Colvin tackles the subject of penal change in America by examining three case studies which represent shifts in the interpretation of punishment specifically during the nineteen...