Item Description: | "A theoretical and philosophical review of some matters relating to crime, punishment, prisons, and reformation of convicts. With a glance at mental, social and political conditions; and some suggestions about causes, and the prevention of crime and the production of criminals.". - "Designed to show how society may protect itself against the disorderly elements, and check the rapid increase of the prison population.". - OCLC, 20730051. - Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library |