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... principle of Preventive Detention to the Penal Servitude system : the co - ordination of preventive efforts . 18 CHAPTER . II . THE PRISON COMMISSION : OFFENCES , AND PUNISHMENTS . Constitution of Prison Board . Establishments under ...
... principle of Preventive Detention to the Penal Servitude system : the co - ordination of preventive efforts . 18 CHAPTER . II . THE PRISON COMMISSION : OFFENCES , AND PUNISHMENTS . Constitution of Prison Board . Establishments under ...
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... principle of reform . Inquiries of 1832 and 1836. Auburn and Philadelphian systems . The Act of 1839 and separate confinement . The model prison at Pentonville . Local Prisons and the control of Secretary of State . Surveyor - General ...
... principle of reform . Inquiries of 1832 and 1836. Auburn and Philadelphian systems . The Act of 1839 and separate confinement . The model prison at Pentonville . Local Prisons and the control of Secretary of State . Surveyor - General ...
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... principle of the reformatory sentence , and the formation of a State Reformatory . Superintendence and control of ... Principles of the Act of 1898. Establishment of State Inebriate Reformatories . Character of inmates . Control of State ...
... principle of the reformatory sentence , and the formation of a State Reformatory . Superintendence and control of ... Principles of the Act of 1898. Establishment of State Inebriate Reformatories . Character of inmates . Control of State ...
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... principle of labour , separation , rewards under a ' mark ' system , conditional licence , and aid - on - discharge . We seem to be reading a modern treatise on Prisons - a sudden gleam of light , bursting on an age darkened by the ...
... principle of labour , separation , rewards under a ' mark ' system , conditional licence , and aid - on - discharge . We seem to be reading a modern treatise on Prisons - a sudden gleam of light , bursting on an age darkened by the ...
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... principles in vogue to - day . The Protestants of Amsterdam in 1593 built a prison for women , which had for its object their moral reform by work and religious influences . There are records of similar establishments in Germany and ...
... principles in vogue to - day . The Protestants of Amsterdam in 1593 built a prison for women , which had for its object their moral reform by work and religious influences . There are records of similar establishments in Germany and ...
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Aid Societies appointed associated labour average Board Borstal Association Borstal Institution Borstal System cellular cent Chaplain character Colonies Commission Convict Prisons Courts Crime Act criminal dealing dietary Discharged Prisoners discipline duty earn effect employment England English Prison established favour furnish Government Governor gratuity habitual hard labour Home Secretary human indictable offence indictment influence inmates inquiry Joshua Jebb Justices lads licence Local Prisons males Medical Officer ment mentally defective methods months moral number of persons object offender operation opinion Ordinary Grade Parliament passed penal labour penal law Penal Servitude Pentonville Pentonville Prison period physical Prevention of Crime Preventive Detention principle Prison Act Prison Authority Prison Commissioners prison reform Prison System punishment purpose Quarter Sessions recidivism Recidivist regard regulations remission result Rules Secretary sentence of Penal separate confinement short sentences Special Grade statistics taken tion treadwheel treatment vagrant
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Page 6 - the mood and temper of the public with regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilization of any country.
Page 203 - ... it appears to the Court — (a) that the person is not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-one years of age ; and (b) that, by reason of his criminal habits or tendencies, or association with persons of bad character, it is expedient that he should be subject to detention for such term and under such instruction and discipline as appears most conducive to his reformation and the repression of crime...
Page 97 - Where any person is charged before a court of summary jurisdiction with an offence punishable by such court, and the court thinks that the charge is proved, but is of opinion that, having regard to the character, antecedents, age, health, or mental condition of the person charged, or to the trivial nature of the offence, or to the extenuating circumstances under which the offence was committed, it is inexpedient to inflict any punishment or any other than a nominal punishment, or that it is expedient...
Page 203 - Board shall hold office for such Period not exceeding three years as may be specified at the time of their appointment and shall be eligible for reappointment.
Page 203 - Commissioners as to the suitability of the case for treatment in a Borstal Institution, and shall be satisfied that the character, state of health, and mental condition of the offender, and the other circumstances of the case, are such that the offender is likely to profit by such instruction and discipline as aforesaid. (2) The Secretary of State may by order direct that this section shall extend to persons apparently under such age not exceeding the age of twenty-three as may be specified in the...
Page 94 - ... inexpedient to inflict any punishment or any other than a nominal punishment, or that it is expedient to release the offender on probation, the court may...
Page 89 - ... or (c) by so discharging the offender and placing him under the supervision of a probation officer ; or (d) by committing the offender to the care of a relative or other fit person ; or (e) by sending the offender to an industrial school ; or...
Page 204 - Provided that, where a child has failed to return to the school on the licence being forfeited or revoked, the time which elapses after his failure so to return shall be excluded in computing the time during which he is to be detained in the school.
Page 203 - ... and (c) it appears to the court that by reason of the offender's criminal habits or tendencies, or association with persons of bad character, it is expedient that he should be subject to detention for such term and under such instruction and discipline as appears most conducive to his reformation and the repression of crime, it shall be lawful for the court, in lieu of passing sentence, to commit the offender to prison until the next quarter sessions, and the court of quarter sessions shall inquire...
Page 203 - A person so discharged on licence may be discharged on probation, and on condition that he be placed under the supervision or authority of any society or person named in the licence who may be willing to take charge of the case, or on such other conditions as may be specified in the licence.