Forms of Constraint
A HISTORY OF PRISON ARCHITECTURE
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Published:29th Dec '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Considers how prison design has evolved over the centuries, how it has taken shape in various corners of the globe, and how it reflects the society that oversees it. This illustrated book surveys prison architecture from earliest times. It considers the architectural design and features of prisons in light of the purposes they were meant to serve.How social pressures have shaped prisons through history
"Norman Johnston knows more about the history of prisons and prison architecture than anyone in the world. Forms of Constraint is a superb piece of scholarship, fascinating for laypersons and extraordinarily functional for architects and historians of penology. There is nothing like it anywhere else." Marvin E. Wolfgang, author of Collective Violence
ISBN: 9780252074011
Dimensions: 286mm x 216mm x 15mm
Weight: 513g
216 pages