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Greg Eghigian - The Corrigible and the Incorrigible: Science, Medicine, and the Convict in Twentieth-Century Germany (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany) - 9780472119653 - V9780472119653
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The Corrigible and the Incorrigible: Science, Medicine, and the Convict in Twentieth-Century Germany (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany)

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Description for The Corrigible and the Incorrigible: Science, Medicine, and the Convict in Twentieth-Century Germany (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany) Hardcover. Explores how the social sciences and clinical medicine contributed to the understanding and treatment of offenders in three disparate political regimes Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.

The Corrigible and the Incorrigible explores the surprising history of efforts aimed at rehabilitating convicts in 20th-century Germany, efforts founded not out of an unbridled optimism about the capacity of people to change, but arising from a chronic anxiety about the potential threats posed by others. Since the 1970s, criminal justice systems on both sides of the Atlantic have increasingly emphasized security, surveillance, and atonement, an approach that contrasts with earlier efforts aimed at scientifically understanding, therapeutically correcting, and socially reintegrating convicts. And while a distinction is often drawn between American and European ways of punishment, the contrast reinforces the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472119653
SKU
V9780472119653
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About Greg Eghigian
Greg Eghigian is Associate Professor of Modern History, Penn State University.

Reviews for The Corrigible and the Incorrigible: Science, Medicine, and the Convict in Twentieth-Century Germany (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany)
Winner: DAAD/German Studies Association (GSA) 2017 Book Prize. "Impeccably researched, fluidly written, beautifully crafted, and measured in tone... It is an exemplary piece of scholarship that makes an original contribution to German historiography and speaks beyond the German context to interrogate the ways that criminality and the human capacity for improvement have been – and continue to ... Read more

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