Anne E. Parsons

Broschiertes Buch

From Asylum to Prison

Deinstitutionalization and the Rise of Mass Incarceration after 1945

Beschreibung

Recasts the political narrative of the late twentieth century, as Anne Parsons charts how the politics of mass incarceration shaped the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals and mental health policy making. In doing so, she offers insight into how the prison took the place of the asylum, shaping the rise of the prison industrial complex.

Autor

Anne E. Parsons is associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she serves as the Director of Public History.

Produktdetails

• Justice, Power and Politics
• Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781469669472
• ISBN-10: 1469669471
• Artikelnr.: 62546792