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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 2007 under ISBN 9780521830966 and ISBN 0521830966.
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