On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France

Provides the first complete and literal English translation of Alexis de Tocqueville's and Gustave de Beaumont's On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France.

Fills a void in Tocquevillian studies and extrapolates the roots of American penal reform in the nineteenth century.

Appeals to a growing field of scholars investigating civil society, as well as students of political science and theory, history, criminology, and political sociology.

Auteur

Emily Katherine Ferkaluk is Instructor of Political Science at Cedarville University, USA. She received her M.A. and Ph.D from the University of Dallas. Her research interests include a study of Alexis de Tocqueville's discussion of American religion, politics, and penal institutions; motherhood and politics; and questions of constitutional law.

Contenu

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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