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"This work will take its place among the growing corpus of
important studies that examine patriarchy and society's need to
punish its criminals in ways it paradoxically deemed more
enlightened and humanitarian than in times past. Kahn uses
substantial primary and secondary material. . . .
Recommended."
--"Choice"
aMark E. Kann has written a fascinating, thought-provoking, and
timely political-historical study of penal thought and practice in
the formative years of the United States.a
--American Historical Review
Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy tells the story of how
first-generation Americans coupled their legacy of liberty with a
penal philosophy that promoted patriarchy, especially for marginal
Americans.
American patriots fought a revolution in the name of liberty.
Their victory celebrations barely ended before leaders expressed
fears that immigrants, African Americans, women, and the lower
classes were prone to vice, disorder, and crime.This spurred a
generation of penal reformers to promote successfully the most
systematic institution ever devised for stripping people of
liberty: the penitentiary.
Today, Americans laud liberty but few citizens contest the
legitimacy of federal, state, and local government authority to
incarcerate 2 million people and subject another 4.7 million
probationers and parolees to scrutiny, surveillance, and
supervision. How did classical liberalism aid in the development of
such expansive penal practices in the wake of the War of
Independence?
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