Seminary of Virtue: The Ideology and Practice of Inmate Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary, 1829-1971

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Seminary of Virtue explores the history of penal education programs, demonstrating that America's prisons have historically been educational (as well as punitive) institutions. This volume argues that Eastern State Penitentiary's extensive and aggressive educational program reflected a general American belief that correctional institutions should educate inmates as a way of reducing recidivism and thereby «reforming» them. No mere case study, Seminary...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1433113414

ISBN13:9781433113413

Release Date:February 2012

Publisher:Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi

Length:201 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"

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Education Education & Reference Social Science Social Sciences

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