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The Big House: Image and Reality of the American Prison (Icons of America)
The Big House Image and Reality of the American Prison - Icons of America
Author: Stephen Cox
“The Big House" is America?s idea of the prison—­a huge, tough, ostentatiously oppressive pile of rock, bristling with rules and punishments, overwhelming in size and the intent to intimidate. Stephen Cox tells the story of the American prison—its politics, its sex, its violence, its inability to control itself—and its ideali...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300124194
ISBN-10: 0300124198
Publication Date: 11/3/2009
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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