HISTORY OF PRISONS — A Selected Bibliography

The study of the history of prisons and other forms of confinement has attracted over the past decades an enormous number of scholars. This bibliography is a guide to what has been written about this subject.

The collection does not pretend to be a comprehensive one, as it provides only works in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish language. It is also limited to the history of civil confinement and therefore makes no reference to studies concerning war captivity and institutions set up following political or racial persecution (political confinement, concentration camps, refugee camps, etc.).

If you notice that an important study is missing, please let me know: bretschn<at>ehess.fr.

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Resources	General Studies	Areas	Special Issues	Related Issues
Sources & Bibliographies	Introduction Works	Europe	Architecture	Other Sanctions
Museums	Research Surveys	North America	Religion	Poverty/ Margins
	Theory	Other Areas	Labor	Hospitals/ Psychiatry/ Legal Medicine
			Gender	Police
			Youth Custody	Criminology
			Staff	Prison & Films
			Prison Life	Prison & Literature
			Reintegration
			Human Rigths