Punishment, prisons, and patriarchy liberty and power in the early American republic - Kann, Mark E.; ebrary, Inc. (New York : New York University Press, 2005)
Justifications for punishment -- Purposes of punishment -- Targets of punishment -- Benjamin Rush : patriarch of penal reform -- The case against traditional punishments -- Penitentiary punishment -- Prison discipline and prison patriarchs -- Disenchantment -- Warehousing marginal Americans -- Concealing punishment -- Stretching patriarchal political power -- Conclusion : liberty and power.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-325) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Punishment -- United States -- History; Prisons -- United States -- History; Electronic books