The Prison Reform Movement

Forlorn Hope

• Author(s): Larry E. Sullivan,
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers
• Pages: 164
• ISBN_10: 0805797408
  ISBN_13: 9780805797404
  
• Language: en

Description:... Traces the history of prison reform in the United States, as the reformers attempt to set up a system that would deter further crime and rehabilitate convicts come into conflict with the need to punish and the inherent character of imprisonment.