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Title: FORMS OF CONSTRAINT A HISTORY of PRISON ARCHITECTURE
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0252025571
ISBN 13: 9780252025570
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: NF
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Surveying prison architecture from earliest times, the author describes the preferred types of prison layout in various eras and locations, and 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.

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"An excellent survey of prison structures around the world, impressive in its geographic and historical breadth." -- Paul Eisenhauer, The Public Historian "A very informative reference book that provides an orientation and understanding for prison structures throughout history... Johnston provides the reader with vivid images and colorful descriptions of prison structures... Provides glimpses not only into the architectural styles of the era but also into the sociopolitical context in which these prisons developed." -- Gaylene S. Armstrong, Criminal Justice Review "[An] intelligently written study in which Johnston effectively weaves the history of the prison with the evolution of prison architecture... Richly documented with over 100 photographs and sketches, [this volume] enables the reader to easily envision the numerous architectural plans referred to in the text. A glossary, comprehensive index, and bibliography are valuable supplemental resources that complement the engaging narrative." -- John C. McWilliams, The Prison Journal ADVANCE PRAISE "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 "Forms of Constraint is a landmark volume and will become a standard reference work on its topic. No other book on prisons comes close to it in the range of its coverage of time, geography, and institutions." -- Daniel Glaser, author of Handbook of Criminology "A rarity in offering a valuable panorama of the subject in one scholarly volume, from very early makeshift pits and dungeons, to the more community based prisons of today... With his background in sociology and anthropology, Johnston is adept at relating punitive strategies and goals to prisons design in each period... This book is an excellent introduction for those who seek one single reliable, well-researched and well-illustrated volume. It is also a fascinating treasure-trove for those more professionally involved with the history of prisons, their development, and their future." -- Leslie Fairweather, The Architectural Review

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