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Penal Labour

Penal Labour is a form of coercive labor imposed as legal punishment by a criminal justice system, distinguished from other penal sanctions by its requirement of productive work as an instrument of discipline, retribution, or rehabilitation.

47

Publications

2.7K

Citations

54

Authors

25

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

6

Variants

Convict LabourPrison Labour

Parents

Publications

47

How Unregulated Is the U.S. Labor Market? The Penal System as a Labor Market Institution

Bruce Western, Katherine Beckett · American Journal of Sociology · 1999 · 490 citations

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Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South.

Robert P. Ingalls, Alex Lichtenstein · The Journal of Southern History · 1997 · 393 citations

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Convict Transportation from Britain and Ireland 1615–1870

Hamish Maxwell‐Stewart · History Compass · 2010 · 149 citations · Full text

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Representing Convicts: New Perspectives on Convict Forced Labour Migration

Kay Daniels, Ian Duffield, James Bradley · Labour History · 1998 · 112 citations

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Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South.

Glenn Feldman, Alex Lichtenstein, Matthew J. Mancini et al. · Journal of American History · 1997 · 106 citations

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Authors

54

  1. AL
    Alex Lichtenstein

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    3 publications · 552 citations

    3

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  2. RP
    Ruth Pike

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 114 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. BW
    Bruce Western

    Princeton University, United States

    2 publications · 589 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. HM
    Hamish Maxwell‐Stewart

    University of Tasmania, Australia

    2 publications · 159 citations

    2

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  5. DM
    David M. Oshinsky

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 106 citations

    1

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Institutions

25

  1. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  2. International Institute of Social History

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  3. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    490 citations

  4. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  6. University of Greenwich

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  7. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  8. University at Buffalo, State University of New York

    Buffalo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Hispanic American Historical Review

    HAHR · 3 publications · 114 citations

    3

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  2. Punishment & Society

    2 publications · 87 citations

    2

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  3. International Review of Social History

    2 publications · 80 citations

    2

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  5. Labour History

    2 publications · 128 citations

    2

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