The Reform of Prisoners: 1830-1900

ISBN-13: 9781138942837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 240 str.

Willam James Forsythe

Opis

This study, first published in 1987, focuses on Victorian approaches to the moral reformation of prisoners, and aims to emphasise the ways in which the human value and social inclusion of prisoners were pursued. This title will be of interest to students of history and of criminology.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements;  Abbreviations in References;  Introduction;  1. The Application of Reformatory Theory to Prisoners c1815-1840  2. The Address to the Spirit 1840-1865  3. Pains, Pleasures and Stages in Reformatory Treatment 1840-1865  4. Variations and Problems in Reformatory Practice 1840-1865  5. Staff, Prisoners and Reformation 1840-1865  6. A New Direction for Prisons 1860-1864  7. The Scientific Approach to Criminal Man 1860-1890  8. The Decline of Reformation in British Prisons 1865-1895;  Conclusion;  Index

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