Coxsackie the life and death of prison reform / Joseph F. Spillane.

Author/creator Spillane, Joseph F.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Descriptionx, 296 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents The reformer's mural -- A new deal for prisons : the politics of reform in New York -- Adolescents adrift : young men on the road to Coxsackie -- Against the wall : survival and resistance at Coxsackie -- Reform at work : ideas into action at Coxsackie -- A conspiracy of frustration : coming home -- The frying pan and the fire : the reformatory in crisis, 1944-1963 -- Out of time : Coxsackie and the end of the reform idea -- Floodtide : Coxsackie and post-reformatory prison politics, 1963-1977 -- Conclusion : the ghost of prisons future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013032123
ISBN9781421413228 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1421413221 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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