On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France The Complete Text /

This book provides the first complete, literal English translation of Alexis de Tocqueville's and Gustave de Beaumont's first edition of On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France. The work contains a critical comparison of two competing American penitent...

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Main Author: de Beaumont, Gustave (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Recovering Political Philosophy,
Subjects:
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Public policy.
ISBN:9783319707990
ISSN:2524-7166
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Translator's Introduction
  • 2. List of Documentary Evidence
  • 3. On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France: Preface
  • 4. Part I Chapter 1: History of the Penitentiary System
  • 5. Part I Chapter 2
  • 6. Part I Chapter 3: Reform
  • 7. Part I Chapter 4: Financial Part
  • 8. Part II Chapter 1
  • 9. Part II Chapter 2
  • 10. Part III (On Houses of Refuge) Chapter 1
  • 11. Part III (On Houses of Refuge) Chapter 2
  • 12. Appendix: On Penal Colonies
  • 13. Appendix: Alphabetical Notes
  • 14. Appendix No. 4: Agricultural Colonies
  • 15. Appendix No. 5: On Public Education
  • 16. Appendix No. 6: Pauperism in America
  • 16. Appendix No. 7: Imprisonment for Debts in the United States
  • 17. Appendix No. 8: Imprisonment of Witnesses
  • 18. Appendix No. 9: Temperance Societies
  • 19. Appendix No. 10: Inquiry into the Philadelphia Penitentiary
  • 20. Appendix No. 11: Conversation with Mr. Elam Lynds
  • 21. Appendix No. 12: Excerpts
  • 22. Appendix No. 13: Regulations of the Connecticut Prison
  • 23. Appendix No. 13, bis: Regulations from Mr. Welles for the Boston House of Refuge
  • 23. Appendix No. 14: Letter from Mr. Barrett, Chaplain of the Wethersfield Penitentiary
  • 24. Appendix No. 15: Conversation with the Director of the Philadelphia House of Refuge
  • 25. Appendix No. 16: Statistical Notes
  • 26. Appendix No. 17: Statistical Observations and Comparisons
  • 27. Appendix No.18: Some Points of Comparison Between France and America
  • 28. Appendix No. 19: Financial Part.

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