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troels on April 21, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in c...

Prisons were initially invented as correction facilities, rather than instruments of punishment. Before this, crime was mostly dealt with by physical punishment.

jessaustin on April 21, 2014 [–]

This is completely wrong. You might benefit from reading Foucault's Discipline and Punish.

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