Who Is a European? The History of Special Treatment in Mandate Palestine's Prisons.
This article explores the history of 'special treatment', a regime granting improved carceral conditions, in Mandate Palestine's prisons. The focus on colonial punishment underscores the unstable, negotiable nature of the European/non-European divide within the colonial order, highlighting tensions...
| Published in: | British Journal of Criminology Vol. 66; no. 5; pp. 977 - 995 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Sep2026
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