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IMPRISONMENT IN CANADA - A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

NCJ Number
35051
Author(s)
M S CROSS
Date Published
1976
Length
4 pages
Annotation
THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS IN POLICIES ON IMPRISONMENT IN THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY (THE FORMATIVE PERIOD OF CANADIAN PENAL INSTITUTIONS) ARE REVIEWED AND COMPARED WITH SOME MORE RECENT ASSUMPTIONS.
Abstract
CONSIDERED ARE CORRECTIONAL THEORIES ABOUT THE POWER OF IMPRISONMENT TO DETER, THE USE OF REPRESSIVE PUNISHMENT FOR REHABILITATIVE PURPOSES, AND THE VALUE OF INMATE EDUCATION AND CONSTRUCTIVE WORK PROGRAMS.

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