Institutions of Confinement

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Institutions of Confinement is written by Norbert Finzsch and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521534488 (ISBN 10) and 9780521534482 (ISBN 13).

A study of the development of prisons, hospitals and insane asylums in America and Europe which grew out of disc ussions between its two editors about their work on the history of hospitals, poor relief, deviance, and crime, and a subsequent conference that attempted to assess the impacts of Foucault and Elias. Seventeen contributors from six different countries with backgrounds in history, sociology and criminology utilize various methodological approaches and reflect the various viewpoints in the theoretical debate over Foucault's work.