Human Sacrifice, Capital Punishment, Prisons & Justice: A Comparative Study

29 Pages Posted: 4 Aug 2013

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Niccolo Leo Caldararo

San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology

Date Written: August 2, 2013

Abstract

The history of prisons and methods of incarceration has been a subject of interest and popular distraction since the great European reform movement in the 19th century. Critics (e.g., Foucault, 1977) have concentrated their efforts on demonstrating that the ends achieved in the design of prisons and methods of correction have had effects outside of the prison walls in the daily lives of free and innocent citizens, both in the loss of privacy due to increased police surveillance and in the creation of a population of criminals and personnel of the criminal justice system in an integrated culture. Whether we view a society regimented by a uniform ideology like the Soviet Union or one with a less systematic one like the USA, the effects are clear. This paper examines the practice and ideology of prisons, in historical context and in cross-cultural analysis.

Suggested Citation

Caldararo, Niccolo Leo, Human Sacrifice, Capital Punishment, Prisons & Justice: A Comparative Study (August 2, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2305418 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2305418

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