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Forms of Constraint

A HISTORY OF PRISON ARCHITECTURE

Norman Johnston author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Published:29th Dec '06

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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