Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Title: Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Abstract/Description: In this brilliant study, one of the most influential philosophers alive sweeps aside centuries of sterile debate about prison reform and gives a highly provocative account of how penal institutions and the power to punish became a part of our lives. Foucault explains the alleged failures of the modern prison by showing how the very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity.
Author/creator: Foucault, Michel
Date: 1979
Publisher: Vintage Books
Resource type: en Background/Context
Medium: en Print
Background/context type: en Conceptual
Open access/free-text available: en No
Peer reviewed: en Yes
Language: en
ISBN: 978-0-394-72767-7
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (Penguin Random House)
Citation: Foucault, M. (1979). Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Vintage Books.
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