{"product_id":"seminary-of-virtue-paul-kahan-9781433113413","title":"Seminary of Virtue: The Ideology and Practice of Inmate Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary, 1829-1971","description":"\u003ci\u003eSeminary of Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e explores the history of penal education programs, demonstrating that America's prisons have historically been educational (as well as punitive) institutions. This volume argues that Eastern State Penitentiary's extensive and aggressive educational program reflected a general American belief that correctional institutions should educate inmates as a way of reducing recidivism and thereby  reforming  them. No mere case study, \u003ci\u003eSeminary of Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that for the last two hundred years penologists have believed that educational programming was one of the keys to lowering recidivism and  reforming  inmates. \u003ci\u003eSeminary of Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e also reveals the historical amnesia that hindered American penal reform over the same time period as each succeeding generation believed that their particular penal reforms were revolutionary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Kahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433113414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433113413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 106","brand":"Paul Kahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453615943935,"sku":"9781433113413","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73f119cd-1573-4e9a-b228-5d95b3476fc8.jpg?v=1777301199","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seminary-of-virtue-paul-kahan-9781433113413","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}