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BEHIND VICTORIAN BARS.

Authors :
Moore, J. M.
Source :
History Today. Jan2019, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p60-65. 6p.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The article discusses how the prison system in Great Britain was reformed during the reign of Queen Victoria. Topics include reformer John Howard's accounts of the country's prisons as establishments designed to spread ill behavior, shifts in public beliefs regarding prisons, the centralization of the prison system, changes to how the death penalty was carried out, model prisons and transportation of convicts.

Subjects

Subjects :
*VICTORIAN Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901
*PRISON reform
*PRISON reformers
*PRISON discipline
*PRISONS
*PRISON design & construction
*CAPITAL punishment
*PENAL transportation
*HISTORY

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00182753
Volume :
69
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
History Today
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
133451378

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