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Forgotten reformer : Robert Mcclaughry and criminal justice reform in nineteenth-century America /
Forgotten Reformer traces criminal justice practice and reform developments in late nineteenth-century America through the life and career of Robert McClaughry, a leading reformer. As a warden of one of America's toughest prisons, as a chief of police of Chicago, as a superintendent of two diff...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
University Press of America,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Forgotten Reformer traces criminal justice practice and reform developments in late nineteenth-century America through the life and career of Robert McClaughry, a leading reformer. As a warden of one of America's toughest prisons, as a chief of police of Chicago, as a superintendent of two different reformatories, and as one of the first wardens of the federal prison system, McClaughry developed and led a reform movement that resonates today. As a founding member of the reformatory movement that sought to "save" young first offenders, McClaughry advocated new sentencing structures, probation. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 374 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-354) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780761853015 0761853014 |