English Local Prisons, 1860-1900
English Local Prisons, 1860-1900

Author: Sean McConville

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 838

ISBN-13: 1136104046

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The local prisons of the latter half of the nineteenth century refined systems of punishment so harsh that one judge considered the maximum penalty of two years local imprisonment to be the most severe punishment known to English law: "next only to death". This work examines how private perceptions and concerns became public policy. It also traces the move in English government from the rural and aristocratic to the urban and more democratic. It follows the rise of the powerful elite of the higher civil service, describes some of the forces that attempted to oppose it, and provides a window through which to view the process of state formation.

The Foreign Office, 1782-1982
The Foreign Office, 1782-1982

Author: London School of Economics and Political Science. Department of International History

Publisher: Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13:

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Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

Author: Alan S. Baxendale

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9783039119967

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The National Politics Web Guide presents a biographical sketch of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), as part of the section on the Principal Ministers of the Crown of Great Britain. Churchill served in such offices as the minister of defense, secretary of state for war, and first lord commissioner of the treasury, a post also known as prime minister.

An Introduction to Criminal Justice
An Introduction to Criminal Justice

Author: Jamie Harding

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2017-01-13

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1526411881

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A contemporary guide to the criminal justice process, the broad scope of this book means it will be a trusted companion throughout a Criminology and/or Criminal Justice degree. The contents of An Introduction to Criminal Justice include: 23 chapters spanning all that’s involved with, and fully contextualising, the criminal justice process: the agencies, institutions and processes and procedures that deal with victims, offenders and offending A detailed timeline of criminal justice since 1945 Consideration of victims and witnesses, complaints and misconduct A comprehensive review of policing, prosecution, the courts, imprisonment and community sanctions A focus on community safety, crime prevention and youth justice A review of the effectiveness of the criminal justice process Exploration of global and international dimensions as well as the futures of criminal justice Lots of helpful extras including further reading suggestions, case studies, self-study questions and a glossary of terms. The accompanying website to An Introduction to Criminal Justice has: A podcast interview with a police officer Practice essay questions Multiple choice questions Suggested website resources to explore Videos.

The Rise and Fall of the Rehabilitative Ideal, 1895-1970
The Rise and Fall of the Rehabilitative Ideal, 1895-1970

Author: Victor Bailey

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 0429663889

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Spanning almost a century of penal policy and practice in England and Wales, this book is a study of the long arc of the rehabilitative ideal, beginning in 1895, the year of the Gladstone Committee on Prisons, and ending in 1970, when the policy of treating and training criminals was very much on the defensive. Drawing on a plethora of source material, such as the official papers of mandarins, ministers, and magistrates, measures of public opinion, prisoner memoirs, publications of penal reform groups and prison officers, the reports of Royal Commissions and Departmental Committees, political opinion in both Houses of Parliament and the research of the first cadre of criminologists, this book comprehensively examines a number of aspects of the British penal system, including judicial sentencing, law-making, and the administration of legal penalties. In doing so, Victor Bailey expertly weaves a complex and nuanced picture of punishment in twentieth-century England and Wales, one that incorporates the enduring influence of the death penalty, and will force historians to revise their interpretation of twentieth-century social and penal policy. This detailed and ground-breaking account of the rise and fall of the rehabilitative ideal will be essential reading for scholars and students of the history of crime and justice and historical criminology, as well as those interested in social and legal history.