English Prisons Under Local Government

ISBN-13: 9780367110529 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 354 str.

Sidney Webb; Beatrice Webb

Opis

Originally published in 1968, English Prisons Under Local Government gives a detailed account of the evolution of the English Prison System from the common gaol and the house of correction of the sixteenth century down to the statutory changes of the twentieth century.

Spis treści

1. The Maintenance of Prisons in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries.  2. The State of the Prisons, 1700-1773.  3. John Howard.  4. Parliamentary Action, 1774-1791.  5. National Prisons (The Hulks and Millbank).  6. Prison Administration from 1774 to 1816.  7. The Renewal of Parliamentary Activity, 1811-1823.  8. Rival Policies in Prison Administration.  9. Central Supervision and Control: First Period, 1835-1864.  10. Penal Servitude.  11. Central Supervision and Control: Second Period, 1865-1877.  12. The Act of 1877, and the Du Cane Regime.

O autorze

Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb