Connecticut Prison Association and the Search for Reformatory Justice (eBook)

Gordon S. Bates (Autor)

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2017
Wesleyan University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8195-7677-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The Connecticut Prison Association and the Search for Reformatory Justice looks at the role the Connecticut Prison Association played in the formation of the state's criminal justice system. Now organized under the name Community Partners in Action (CPA), the Connecticut Prison Association was formed to ameliorate the conditions of criminal defendants and people in prison, improve the discipline and administration of local jails and state prisons, and furnish assistance and encouragement to people returning to their communities after incarceration. The organization took a leading role in prison reform in the state and was instrumental in a number of criminal justice innovations. Gordon S. Bates, former Connecticut Prison Association volunteer and executive director (1980 - 1998), offers a detailed history of this and similar voluntary associations and their role in fostering a rehabilitative, rather than a retributive, approach to criminal justice. First convened in 1875 as the Friends of Partners of Prisoners Society, then evolving into the Connecticut Prison Association and CPA, the organization has consistently advocated for a humane, rehabilitative approach to prisoner treatment.A Driftless Connecticut Series Book, funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

Autor

amp;lt;P>GORDON S. BATES is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. He was a CPA volunteer; then part of the staff of the Connecticut Prison Association for over 28 years; and now lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.</P>

Inhalt

<P>Introduction: Two Faces of Justice<BR>Connecticut's Cultural Context, 1875<BR>From Newgate Prison to Wethersfield State Prison, 1775–1875<BR>Rehabilitation Rekindled, 1875–1910<BR>Continuity and Regression, 1910–1933<BR>Reform during the Maltbie Era, 1933–1960<BR>The Culmination of Progressive Reform, 1960–1970<BR>Rehabilitation's Last Hurrah, 1970–1980<BR>The Return of Retributive Justice, 1980–1990<BR>The Legacies of Retribution, 1990–2000<BR>Epilogue: Five Critical Questions<BR>Acknowledgments<BR>Notes<BR>References<BR>Index</P>

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.1.2017
• Reihe/Serie: The Driftless Connecticut Series &#38; Garnet Books
• Reihe/Serie: The Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books
• Reihe/Serie: The Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books
• Verlagsort: Middletown
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Schlagworte: criminal justice • Legal History • new england history
• ISBN-10: 0-8195-7677-8 / 0819576778
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-7677-4 / 9780819576774