English Local Prisons, 1860-1900: Next Only to DeathThe 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 the rise of the powerful elite of the higher civil service, describes some of the forces that attempted to oppose it, and provides a window through which to view the process of state formation. |
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... Parliamentary Papers Question Queen's Bench Division ( law reports ) Quarter Sessions Royal Commission Report of the Commissioners of Prisons Report of the Commissioners of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons Report of the ...
... Parliamentary Papers Question Queen's Bench Division ( law reports ) Quarter Sessions Royal Commission Report of the Commissioners of Prisons Report of the Commissioners of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons Report of the ...
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... Parliamentary debates , and by the loyalty of many members of both Houses to local interests and distinctions . A further observation must be inserted parenthetically . Modern discourse treats Parliament as the Commons , since the ...
... Parliamentary debates , and by the loyalty of many members of both Houses to local interests and distinctions . A further observation must be inserted parenthetically . Modern discourse treats Parliament as the Commons , since the ...
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... Parliamentary debater and compiler of bluebooks usually addresses the nascent , remarkable , controversial or contentious - and these were not the whole or main part of life as it was lived : familiar , dull , predictable , routine and ...
... Parliamentary debater and compiler of bluebooks usually addresses the nascent , remarkable , controversial or contentious - and these were not the whole or main part of life as it was lived : familiar , dull , predictable , routine and ...
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... Parliamentary government's defences against the rip - tides of democracy . The two main parts of this protection were " old deference " and the " dignified parts " of the constitution . With no direct function , these remained because ...
... Parliamentary government's defences against the rip - tides of democracy . The two main parts of this protection were " old deference " and the " dignified parts " of the constitution . With no direct function , these remained because ...
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... Parliamentary activities Carnarvon also showed his deep concern for the worthy poor . His old Oxford college , Christ Church , ran a mission in Poplar , and he made this an object of his time and philanthropy.30 In 1880 he brought ...
... Parliamentary activities Carnarvon also showed his deep concern for the worthy poor . His old Oxford college , Christ Church , ran a mission in Poplar , and he made this an object of his time and philanthropy.30 In 1880 he brought ...
Contents
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CARNARVON AND NATIONAL PENAL POLICY | 97 |
THE SOCIAL AND PENAL IDEAS OF SIR EDMUND | 149 |
THE FLAWED PROSPECTUS | 188 |
Discipline labour and instruction | 235 |
Health dietary and discharge arrangements | 282 |
Special categories | 335 |
THE JUSTICES REACT TO NATIONALIZATION | 432 |
THE COMMITTEES ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE | 481 |
TRIUMPH OF THE CLERKS | 509 |
THE CALL FOR A PRISON INQUIRY | 549 |
PERSONALITIES AND PREOCCUPATIONS | 585 |
COMPOUNDING ERRORS | 615 |
AFTERMATH | 649 |
THE FINAL ACT | 697 |
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