MOREAU-CHRISTOPHE, L.-M. (trans.)

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De l'état actuel et de la réforme des prisons de Grande-Bretagne. First edition in French of the official reports on the state of the prisons made in Great Britain in the 1830s, covering prisons in England, Ireland and Scotland, with preliminary observations by Messrs Crawford and Russell on the silent system and the separate system. A survey of the various prisons is followed by an 80-page section concerning reforms and diverse questions, with chapters on prison construction, young detainees, those condemned to death, and military prisoners.

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