The criminals of Lima and their worlds : the prison experience, 1850-1935 / Carlos Aguirre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aguirre, Carlos, 1958-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--Peru--Lima--History--19th century.

Prisons.

Prisons--Peru--Lima--History--20th century.

Criminals--Peru--Lima--History--19th century.

Criminals.

Criminals--Peru--Lima--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first major study of prison reform and the prison system in Peru and one of the few social histories of criminals and their world in Latin America.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Apprehending the Criminal

1. The Emergence of the Criminal Question (1850/1890)

2. The Science of the Criminal (1890/1930)

3. Policing and the Making of a Criminal Class

Part II. Prisons and Prison Communities

4. Lima's Penal Archipelago

5. Faites, Rateros, and Disgraced Gentlemen: Lima's Male Prison Communities

Part III. The World They Made Together

6. Daily Life in Prison; I: The Customary Order

7. Daily Life in Prison; II: Prison Subcultures and Living Conditions

8. Beyond the Customary Order

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-295) and index.

ISBN:

9786613023988

9781283023986

1283023989

9780822386438

0822386437

OCLC:

226067882