Henry Mayhew, John Binny

The Criminal Prisons of London

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Produktbeschreibung

Henry Mayhew's 1862 study of prisons is a comprehensive guide to criminal activity and penal institutions in nineteenth-century London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 738
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1100g
• ISBN-13: 9781108036986
• ISBN-10: 1108036988
• Artikelnr.: 34034507

Inhaltsangabe

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Introduction: London considered as a great world
A balloon view of London
Some idea of the size and population of London
London from Different Points of View: The entry into London by rail
The Port of London
London from the top of St. Paul's
The Contrasts of London: Of the riches and poverty of London
The charity and crime of London
Of the London streets, their traffic, names, and character
Professional London
Legal London
The Administration of the Criminal Law: The criminal prisons and prison population of London
The London convict prisons and the convict population
Of prison discipline
The Convict Prisons of London: Pentonville Prison
The female convict prison at Brixton
The hulks at Woolwich
Millbank Prison - the convict depot
The Correctional Prisons of London: The Middlesex House of Correction, Coldbath Fields
The Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields
The Surrey House of Correction, Wandsworth
The City House of Correction, Holloway
The Detentional Prisons of London: Newgate Jail
The House of Correction, Clerkenwell
Horsemonger Lane Jail.