'A want of order and good discipline' : rules, discretion and the Victorian prison / Richard W. Ireland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ireland, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carmarthen Gaol--History.

Carmarthen Gaol.

Punishment--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Punishment.

Prisons--Wales--Carmarthen--History--19th century.

Prisons.

History.

Wales--Carmarthen.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiii, 302 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Want of order and good discipline : rules, discretion and the Victorian prison

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2007.

Summary:

In the nineteenth century, prison became the dominant form of punishment for criminals, as capital and corporal measures were phased out and crime began to be thought of as a national, rather than a local, problem that demanded a national solution. Richard Ireland' s detailed investigation into the operation of a local Welsh jail between 1840 and 1877 is a revealing account of the relationship between the jail, its staff and prisoners, and the community as well as a thorough exploration of the reasons for and resistances to the growth of the penal system.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-293) and index.

ISBN:

0708319459

9780708319451

OCLC:

70881864