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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Page 13
... staff . It must have been a heady and indelible experience to start out on a career in a posting which witnessed to the accrued benefits of rationality , ingenuity and diligence ; to mix with excited and instructed crowds ; and to see ...
... staff . It must have been a heady and indelible experience to start out on a career in a posting which witnessed to the accrued benefits of rationality , ingenuity and diligence ; to mix with excited and instructed crowds ; and to see ...
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... staff or senior clergy . Similarly , although he employed agents and the usual quota of staff , Carnarvon paid close attention to the demands of his various estates , often intervening in matters of minute detail . His period on the ...
... staff or senior clergy . Similarly , although he employed agents and the usual quota of staff , Carnarvon paid close attention to the demands of his various estates , often intervening in matters of minute detail . His period on the ...
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... staff , he conducted business at the rate of a department of government . Almost invariably , he undertook courses of private study to prepare himself for new posts and responsibilities . Throughout his life he also published in fields ...
... staff , he conducted business at the rate of a department of government . Almost invariably , he undertook courses of private study to prepare himself for new posts and responsibilities . Throughout his life he also published in fields ...
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... staff had developed a filing system that allowed precedents to be consulted , even if they were several years past . Carnarvon also considered it an obligation to allow public access to the extensive and beautiful grounds at Highclere ...
... staff had developed a filing system that allowed precedents to be consulted , even if they were several years past . Carnarvon also considered it an obligation to allow public access to the extensive and beautiful grounds at Highclere ...
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... staff to go to Bermuda , he admitted ; government was reviewing policy on the convict stations , and this might result in the closure of Bermuda.105 And indeed , it was announced the following year 102 These lectures were given when ...
... staff to go to Bermuda , he admitted ; government was reviewing policy on the convict stations , and this might result in the closure of Bermuda.105 And indeed , it was announced the following year 102 These lectures were given when ...
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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