John Howard, The State of the Prisons

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Robert Clark (The Literary Encyclopedia), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

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Political Science

Dates

First circulation or publication 1775

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-fictional prose

Resources

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Preliminary entry: the first work to propose liberal prison policy as a way of inducing the reform of the criminal classes.

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