English Local Prisons, 1860-1900: Next Only To Death

Local prisons of the late nineteenth century refined harsh systems of punishment: 2 years' local imprisonment was considered the most severe punishment known to English law. This work shows how private concerns became public policy.

• • Author: Sean McConville
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Jul 17, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 834 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 113800913X
• • ISBN-13: 9781138009134