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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > courts, corrections, punishments > elmira prison

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elmira prison  

Definition

  • The history of Elmira as a prison has two discrete periods. The second period is well known to criminologists; the first period, almost not at all. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Elmira Prison]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RB2C574N-L

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