Jeremy Bentham
type: Concept
related: panopticon

Panopticism
type: Concept
narrower: panopticon

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: panopticon

history of prisons
type: Concept
narrower: panopticon

institutions
type: Concept
narrower: panopticon

panopticon
type: Concept
broader: prison architecture
broader: Panopticism
broader: institutions
broader: history of prisons
definition: Jeremy Bentham's design for a prison that maximized the surveillance of the inmates and minimized the number of warders. The circular building had a central column from which the guard could see into each cell without the prisoner knowing whether or not they were being observed. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Panopticon]
related: Jeremy Bentham

prison architecture
type: Concept
narrower: panopticon