On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France: The Complete Text (Recovering Political Philosophy) by Alexis de Tocqueville, Gustave de Beaumont, Emily Katherine Ferkaluk (Translator)
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Overview: 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.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational
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