On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France : the Complete Text / by Gustave de Beaumont, Alexis de Tocqueville.
De Beaumont, Gustave, author.; De Tocqueville, Alexis, author.
2018
JC11-607
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On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France : the Complete Text / by Gustave de Beaumont, Alexis de Tocqueville.
Author
De Beaumont, Gustave, author.
ISBN
331970799X
9783319707990
9783319707990
9783319707983 (hbk.)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70799-0
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language
English
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1 online resource (XLIII, 343 pages) : online resource
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10.1007/978-3-319-70799-0 doi
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JC11-607
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.01
Summary
This book provides the first complete, literal English translation of Alexis de Tocqueville's and Gustave de Beaumont's first edition of On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France. The work contains a critical comparison of two competing American penitentiary disciplines known as the Auburn and Philadelphia systems, an evaluation of whether American penitentiaries can successfully work in France, a detailed description of Houses of Refuge as the first juvenile detention centers, and an argument against penal colonization. The work provides valuable insights into understanding Tocqueville as a statesman, as well as a comparative look at civic engagement in early American and French penal reform movements. The Translator's Introduction provides historical context for understanding Tocqueville's work in French penal reform and the major themes of the report. The book thus fills a void in Tocquevillian studies and extrapolates the roots of American and French criminal justice systems in the nineteenth century.
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1. Translator's Introduction
2. List of Documentary Evidence
3. On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France: Preface
4. Part I Chapter 1: History of the Penitentiary System
5. Part I Chapter 2
6. Part I Chapter 3: Reform
7. Part I Chapter 4: Financial Part
8. Part II Chapter 1
9. Part II Chapter 2
10. Part III (On Houses of Refuge) Chapter 1
11. Part III (On Houses of Refuge) Chapter 2
12. Appendix: On Penal Colonies
13. Appendix: Alphabetical Notes
14. Appendix No. 4: Agricultural Colonies
15. Appendix No. 5: On Public Education
16. Appendix No. 6: Pauperism in America
16. Appendix No. 7: Imprisonment for Debts in the United States
17. Appendix No. 8: Imprisonment of Witnesses
18. Appendix No. 9: Temperance Societies
19. Appendix No. 10: Inquiry into the Philadelphia Penitentiary
20. Appendix No. 11: Conversation with Mr. Elam Lynds
21. Appendix No. 12: Excerpts
22. Appendix No. 13: Regulations of the Connecticut Prison
23. Appendix No. 13, bis: Regulations from Mr. Welles for the Boston House of Refuge
23. Appendix No. 14: Letter from Mr. Barrett, Chaplain of the Wethersfield Penitentiary
24. Appendix No. 15: Conversation with the Director of the Philadelphia House of Refuge
25. Appendix No. 16: Statistical Notes
26. Appendix No. 17: Statistical Observations and Comparisons
27. Appendix No. 18: Some Points of Comparison Between France and America
28. Appendix No. 19: Financial Part.

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