In tracing the evolution of federal imprisonment, Paul W. Keve emphasizes the ways in which corrections history has been affected by and is reflective of other trends in the political and cultural life of the United States.
The federal penal system has undergone substantial evolution over two hundred years. Keve divides this evolutionary process into three phases. During the first phase, from 1776 through the end of the nineteenth century, no federal prisons existed in the United States. Federal prisoners were simply boarded in state or local facilities.
It was in the second phase,...
In tracing the evolution of federal imprisonment, Paul W. Keve emphasizes the ways in which corrections history has been affected by and is reflect...
A resource on contemporary crime issues. It brings together up-to-date facts and perspectives on the complex questions citizens and lawmakers wrestle with every day: the causes of crime; crime control versus civil liberties; punishment; deterrence; rehabilitation; and juvenile offenders.
A resource on contemporary crime issues. It brings together up-to-date facts and perspectives on the complex questions citizens and lawmakers wrestle ...
