ENGLISH LOCAL PRISONS, 1860-1900 by Sean McConville ( 9780415032957 )

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ENGLISH LOCAL PRISONS, 1860-1900
NEXT ONLY TO DEATH

By:

Sean McConville

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Hardback

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0415032954

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9780415032957

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

15 November, 1994

Pages:

834

Description:

A study of the English prison system with broad-based emphasis on the shaping of government policies, the workings of the government itself and state formation. It traces the shift from a rural/aristocratic base to one that is urban/democratic and details the rise of the elite of the civil service.

Synopsis:

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 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.

Illustrations:

12 tables, bibliography

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Routledge

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