English Local Prisons, 1860-1900: Next Only to Death
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The local prisons of the latter half of the nineteenth century refined systems of punishment so harsh that one judge considered the maximum penalty of two years local imprisonment to be the most severe punishment known to English law: "next only to death". This work examines how private perceptions and concerns became public policy. It also traces the move in English government from the rural and aristocratic to the urban and more democratic. It follows...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:113800913X
ISBN13:9781138009134
Release Date:July 2014
Publisher:Routledge
Length:834 Pages
Weight:2.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"
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