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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
Preferred term
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Definition
- U.S. Penitentiary Leavenworth, the oldest penitentiary in the federal prison system, is located 25 miles north of Kansas City, Kansas, on State Highway 73. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Leavenworth_Federal_Penitentiary
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