Keith Edgerton

Montana Justice

Power, Punishment, and the Penitentiary

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Produktbeschreibung

Since the days of the Wild West, Montanans have struggled to be tough on crime with limited resources; this social history of the Montana penitentiary focuses on its early days under a corrupt warden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: UNIV OF WASHINGTON PR
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780295984438
• ISBN-10: 0295984430
• Artikelnr.: 13673330

Autorenporträt

Keith Edgerton

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Majesty of the Law: Vigilatism and Western Prisons
2. Penitentiary on a Shoestring
3. "The Accursed Thing": The Territorial Penitentiary
4. No Warden More Efficient: Frank Conley
5. Getting Tough on Crime: 1921 to the Present
Notes
Bibliography
Index