Author: Donald Shaw
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385310687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Eighteen Months' imprisonment with a Remission
Author: Donald Shaw
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385310687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385310687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Reports from Select Committees of the House of Lords and Evidence
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
‘Star Men’ in English Convict Prisons, 1879-1948
Author: Ben Bethell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000648230
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This book tells the story of the star class, a segregated division for first offenders in English convict prisons; known informally as ‘star men’, convicts assigned to the division were identified by a red star sewn to their uniforms. ‘Star Men’ in English Convict Prisons, 1879–1948 investigates the origins of the star class in the years leading up to its establishment in 1879, and charts its subsequent development during the late-Victorian, Edwardian, and interwar decades. To what extent did the star class serve to shield ‘gentleman convicts’ from their social inferiors and allow them a measure of privilege? What was the precise nature of the ‘contamination’ by which they and other ‘accidental criminals’ were believed to be threatened? And why, for the first twenty years of its existence, were first offenders convicted of ‘unnatural crimes’ barred from the division? To explore these questions, the book considers the making and implementation of penal policy by senior civil servants and prison administrators, and the daily life and work of prisoners at policy’s receiving end. It re-examines evolving notions of criminality, the competing aims of reformation and deterrence, and the role and changing nature of prison labour. Along the way, readers will encounter an array of star men, including arsonists, abortionists, sex offenders and reprieved murderers, disgraced bankers, light-fingered postmen, bent solicitors, and perjuring policemen. Taking a fresh look at English prison history through converging lenses of class, sexuality, and labour, ‘Star Men’ in English Convict Prisons, 1879-1948 will be of great interest to penal historians and historical criminologists, and to scholars working on related aspects of modern British history.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000648230
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This book tells the story of the star class, a segregated division for first offenders in English convict prisons; known informally as ‘star men’, convicts assigned to the division were identified by a red star sewn to their uniforms. ‘Star Men’ in English Convict Prisons, 1879–1948 investigates the origins of the star class in the years leading up to its establishment in 1879, and charts its subsequent development during the late-Victorian, Edwardian, and interwar decades. To what extent did the star class serve to shield ‘gentleman convicts’ from their social inferiors and allow them a measure of privilege? What was the precise nature of the ‘contamination’ by which they and other ‘accidental criminals’ were believed to be threatened? And why, for the first twenty years of its existence, were first offenders convicted of ‘unnatural crimes’ barred from the division? To explore these questions, the book considers the making and implementation of penal policy by senior civil servants and prison administrators, and the daily life and work of prisoners at policy’s receiving end. It re-examines evolving notions of criminality, the competing aims of reformation and deterrence, and the role and changing nature of prison labour. Along the way, readers will encounter an array of star men, including arsonists, abortionists, sex offenders and reprieved murderers, disgraced bankers, light-fingered postmen, bent solicitors, and perjuring policemen. Taking a fresh look at English prison history through converging lenses of class, sexuality, and labour, ‘Star Men’ in English Convict Prisons, 1879-1948 will be of great interest to penal historians and historical criminologists, and to scholars working on related aspects of modern British history.
Minutes of Evidence Taken of the Departmental Committee on Prisons
Author: Departmental Committee on Prisons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prisoners
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prisoners
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
The Social Sciences
Author: Chicago Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States
Author: United States. Department of Justice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Inside Justice
Author: Bayard Marin
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838630860
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Comparisons of prison in the United States and Great Britain are used to formulate central issues that relate to the adjudication of offenses committed within prisons and the imposition of punishments for them.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838630860
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Comparisons of prison in the United States and Great Britain are used to formulate central issues that relate to the adjudication of offenses committed within prisons and the imposition of punishments for them.
A Century of Birmingham Life
Author: John Alfred Langford
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752510056
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752510056
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.
Reports from Commissioners
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
A Dictionary of Law
Author: Elizabeth A. Martin
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191047694
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
This best-selling dictionary is an authoritative and comprehensive source of jargon-free legal information. It contains over 4,200 entries that clearly define the major terms, concepts, processes, and the organization of the English legal system. This is a reissue with new covers and essential updates to account for recent changes. Highlighted feature entries discuss key topics in detail, for example adoption law, the appeals system, statement of terms of employment, and terrorism acts, and there is a useful Writing and Citation Guide that specifically addresses problems and established conventions for writing legal essays and reports. Now providing more information than ever before, this edition features recommended web links for many entries, which are accessed and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Law companion website. Described by leading university lecturers as 'the best law dictionary' and 'excellent for non-law students as well as law undergraduates', this classic dictionary is an invaluable source of legal reference for professionals, students, and anyone else needing succinct clarification of legal terms. Focusing primarily on English law, it also provides a one-stop source of information for any of the many countries that base their legal system on English law.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191047694
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
This best-selling dictionary is an authoritative and comprehensive source of jargon-free legal information. It contains over 4,200 entries that clearly define the major terms, concepts, processes, and the organization of the English legal system. This is a reissue with new covers and essential updates to account for recent changes. Highlighted feature entries discuss key topics in detail, for example adoption law, the appeals system, statement of terms of employment, and terrorism acts, and there is a useful Writing and Citation Guide that specifically addresses problems and established conventions for writing legal essays and reports. Now providing more information than ever before, this edition features recommended web links for many entries, which are accessed and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Law companion website. Described by leading university lecturers as 'the best law dictionary' and 'excellent for non-law students as well as law undergraduates', this classic dictionary is an invaluable source of legal reference for professionals, students, and anyone else needing succinct clarification of legal terms. Focusing primarily on English law, it also provides a one-stop source of information for any of the many countries that base their legal system on English law.