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America's prison-based system of punishment has not always enjoyed the widespread political and moral legitimacy it has today. In this reinterpretation of penal history, Rebecca McLennan covers the periods of deep instability, popular protest, and political crisis that characterized early American prisons.McLennan, Rebecca M. is the author of 'Crisis of Imprisonment', published 2008 under ISBN 9780521537834 and ISBN 0521537835.
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