Laurie Throness: 1 book
A Protestant Purgatory
Theological Origins of the Penitentiary Act, 1779
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
How did the penitentiary get its name? Why did the English impose long prison sentences? Did class and economic conflict really lie at the heart of their correctional system? In a groundbreaking study that challenges the assumptions of modern criminal justice scholarship, Laurie Throness answers many...
