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The emancipation of prisoners : a socio-historical analysis of the Dutch prison experience
- Title
- The emancipation of prisoners : a socio-historical analysis of the Dutch prison experience / Herman Franke.
- Author
- Franke, Herman, 1948-2010.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HV9707 .F72 1995 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 365 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Compared with most European countries, The Netherlands sends few of its convicted criminals to prison, and those who are imprisoned have more rights and better treatment than their European counterparts. In this seminal study, criminologist Herman Franke presents the 'Dutch case'. Examining imprisonment in The Netherlands from the end of the eighteenth century to the modern day, he gives a close historical and sociological analysis of the changing trends in the Dutch penal system, revealing the limitations of existing literature on the origins of imprisonment. He concludes that the work of Foucault, Ignatieff, Rothman and Rusch, and Kirchheimer fails to explain long-term developments that are typical of Western prison systems, and provides a sociological interpretation of these changes.
- Series Statement
- Edinburgh law and society series
- Uniform Title
- Edinburgh law and society series
- Subject
- Prisons > Netherlands > History
- Punishment > Netherlands > History
- Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc. > Netherlands
- Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization > Netherlands
- Criminals > Rehabilitation > History. > Netherlands
- Criminals > Rehabilitation
- Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization
- Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc
- Prisons
- Punishment
- Gefängnis
- Reform
- Strafgefangener
- Strafvollzug
- Vollzugslockerung
- Emancipatie
- Rechtspositie
- Gevangenen
- Gevangeniswezen
- Netherlands
- prison > Pays-Bas > 1775 > 20e s
- prisonnier > Pays-Bas > 1775 > 20e s
- Niederlande
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliograph references (p. [332]-360) and index.
- Contents
- Prison life, 1775 -1825 : popular curiosity and professional interest -- Death, discipline and depravity in prison factories, 1821 -- 1850 -- Socialization by social isolation : experiments with penitentiaries in England and the USA -- Barbarian scaffold versus civilized solitude : from external to internal constraint -- Penal reality for a prison inspector 1850-1886 : the suffering behind the death rates -- Cell maniacs, Irish sinners and conservative reactionaries : the system controversy -- Misery and insanity : the reality of cell life, 1886 -1914 -- Wilful sinners or born criminals : the cell system under attack -- Toughness and leniency, 1918 -- 1940 : 'deviations', education, incapacitation and minimum rules -- Radical reforms after the occupation : the abolition of the cell system -- Two centuries of imprisonment : socio-historical explanations and conclusions
- ISBN
- 0748606149
- 9780748606146
- LCCN
- 96119576
- OCLC
- ocm33969748
- 33969748
- SCSB-2118666
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library