Bentham's Panopticon -- or to give it its full title "Panopticon: or, The inspection-house. Containing the idea of a new principle of construction applicable to any sort of establishment, in which persons of any description are to be kept under inspection, etc." -- has considerable historical importance in the history of penal reform, having been one of the most carefully elaborated blueprints for the systematic penal institutions which began to replace the …
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Citation: Clark, Robert. "Panopticon: or, The inspection-house". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 September 2002 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10390, accessed 23 November 2024.]
