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Bentham's prison [electronic resource] : a study of the panopticon penitentiary / Janet Semple

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Semple, Janet
Published
Oxford : Clarendon, 1993.
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1 online resource (344 pages)
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Summary
This title tells the story of Jeremy Bentham's dealings with the politicians as he tried to get his model prison (panopticon) built, assesses the panopticon in the context of penal philosophy and of 18th-century punishment, and discusses it as an instrument of the modern technology of subjection.
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9780191684074 (ebook)
0191684074 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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