Seminary of Virtue
The Ideology and Practice of Inmate Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary, 1829-1971
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 of Virtue demonstrates that for the last two hundred years penologists have believed that educational programming was one of the keys to lowering recidivism and reforming inmates. Seminary of Virt…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4331-1341-3
- EAN: 9781433113413
- Produktnummer: 15386672
- Verlag: Lang, Peter
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 201 S.
- Masse: H22.3 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.5 cm 325 g
- Auflage: New
- Abbildungen: illustrations
- Gewicht: 325
Über den Autor
Paul Kahan is an award-winning educator and historian specializing in the history of American education, the history of American corrections, diplomatic history, and Pennsylvania history. He is best known for his previous book, Eastern State Penitentiary: A History. Dr. Kahan has been a featured guest on numerous television programs, including PA Books and the Mystery 360.
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