Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 20:36:38 -0700 From: T P Uschanov <tuschano-AT-cc.helsinki.fi> Subject: The prison industry (was Re: Is French Philosopy a load of old tosh?) Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com> wrote: > When I first joined this list I asked if any Foucauldian (or > is it Foucaultian?) had written on the evolution of the U.S. > "criminal justice" system, which long ago left behind liberal > notions of reformation for pure brutality, warehousing, > and revenge. We now have crowds baying for blood outside > prisons on execution nights (though the prisoner is inside, > viewed only by a handful of lucky guests). No one answered. > I'll try again. One book that comes to mind immediately is "Crime Control as Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style?" by Nils Christie, the dean of Scandinavian humane criminologists (Routledge, 1994). Truly strong stuff, and such that few European Foucaultians probably think about it. -- "I have tried too, in my time, to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in." --Oliver Edwards T P Uschanov tuschano-AT-cc.helsinki.fi +358 (0)40 584 2720 Visit my home page! http://www.helsinki.fi/~tuschano/
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