Locked Up: A History of the U.S. Prison System

by Laura B. Edge

Book Overview

In the 1700s, New England colonists used public humiliation, torture, and hanging to punish moral crimes like kissing on a Sunday or skipping church. Jails were filled with rats and disease, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822587505
• ISBN13: 9780822587507
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Twentyfirst Century Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10