Qualitative Criminology (QC)
Abstract
"Prisons and asylums are unique institutions of confinement that attract our gaze long after they are abandoned. In Escape to Prison, Michael Welch draws attention to ten prison museums across the world where the histories of punishment and control found in each respective culture are presented for our consumption. Welch analyzes prison museums as sites of power and authority. Escape to Prison is an invaluable contribution to cultural criminology because it studies each prison museum in the context of their respective cultures and provides connections between dark tourism and the history of punishment across the globe."
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Recommended Citation
Upton, Lindsey L.
(2015)
"Michael Welch, Escape to Prison: Penal Tourism and the Pull of Punishment,"
Qualitative Criminology (QC): Vol. 3:
No.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol3/iss2/6
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