Remarks on the Relation Between Education and Crime


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Excerpt from Remarks on the Relation Between Education and Crime: In a Letter to the Right Rev. William White The mere absence of crime, therefore, is neither a proof of a'state of morality - for it may originate from very inauspicious causes - nor is the increase of crime of itself a proof of increased degeneracy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Bibliotheca Americana


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Pioneers in Penology


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This two-volume work is an exposition of the history of seminal penological thought and practice covering the period 1557-1900. Based principally on period primary source literature, the thirty-eight chapters in this anthology bring into sharp focus - the lives of the great European and American pioneering reformers in penology; the most important pioneering experiments in prison and reformatory discipline; and the histories and contributions of the major societies responsible for imparting impetus to prison reform in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.




Report of the Prison Association of New York


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51st includes "Prison laws of the State of New York" (p. [157]-998)