The Politics of Punishment: Prison Reform in Russia, 1863–1917

Author:   Bruce F. Adams ,  Estate of Bruce F. Adams
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
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9781501747748


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   15 September 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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The Politics of Punishment: Prison Reform in Russia, 1863–1917


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Author:   Bruce F. Adams ,  Estate of Bruce F. Adams
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Northern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781501747748


ISBN 10:   1501747746
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   15 September 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Movement to Abolish Corporal Punishment 2. Prison Administration in the Ministry of Internal Affairs 3. The Commissions Discuss Prison Reform 4. The Main Prison Administration 5. Further Efforts at Reform and the Denouement Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Adams provides a useful corrective to popular conceptions about Imperial Russia by showing convincingly that the exile system played a small and even diminishing part in the Russian system of incarceration. * Canadian Slavonic Papers * On the basis of substantial archival research, Adams describes in tremendous detail the complex social and intellectual milieu that underlay the struggle for reform of Russia's prisons, as well as the tortuous administrative and legislative process by which it developed. * The Russian Review * Those who are interested in the history of prisons and how societies have dealt with crime will find the book of considerable interest, but it has a much wider appeal as well, because it is one of the most detailed and careful studies of how the late imperial bureaucracy dealt with a significant issue. * Slavic Review * This is a useful and solidly researched survey of imperial Russia's efforts to improve its prisons in the half century before the revolution. On the basis of largely unexplored archival documents, Bruce F. Adams follows the struggle of state officials to create penal institutions that met the standards established in Western Europe and the United States. * The American Historical Review *


This is a useful and solidly researched survey of imperial Russia's efforts to improve its prisons in the half century before the revolution. On the basis of largely unexplored archival documents, Bruce F. Adams follows the struggle of state officials to create penal institutions that met the standards established in Western Europe and the United States. * The American Historical Review * On the basis of substantial archival research, Adams describes in tremendous detail the complex social and intellectual milieu that underlay the struggle for reform of Russia's prisons, as well as the tortuous administrative and legislative process by which it developed. * The Russian Review * Adams provides a useful corrective to popular conceptions about Imperial Russia by showing convincingly that the exile system played a small and even diminishing part in the Russian system of incarceration. * Canadian Slavonic Papers * Those who are interested in the history of prisons and how societies have dealt with crime will find the book of considerable interest, but it has a much wider appeal as well, because it is one of the most detailed and careful studies of how the late imperial bureaucracy dealt with a significant issue. * Slavic Review *


This is a useful and solidly researched survey of imperial Russia's efforts to improve its prisons in the half century before the revolution. On the basis of largely unexplored archival documents, Bruce F. Adams follows the struggle of state officials to create penal institutions that met the standards established in Western Europe and the United States. * The American Historical Review * On the basis of substantial archival research, Adams describes in tremendous detail the complex social and intellectual milieu that underlay the struggle for reform of Russia's prisons, as well as the tortuous administrative and legislative process by which it developed. * The Russian Review * Adams provides a useful corrective to popular conceptions about Imperial Russia by showing convincingly that the exile system played a small and even diminishing part in the Russian system of incarceration. * Canadian Slavonic Papers * Those who are interested in the history of prisons and how societies have dealt with crime will find the book of considerable interest, but it has a much wider appeal as well, because it is one of the most detailed and careful studies of how the late imperial bureaucracy dealt with a significant issue. * Slavic Review * A seminal work of meticulous scholarship... The Politics of Punishment is especially and unreservedly recommended for college and university library collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject. * Midwest Book Review *


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Bruce F. Adams (1946-2008) was Professor of History at the University of Louisville. He is the author of Tiny Revolutions in Russia.

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