New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926 Book. Very Good + +. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. xvi, 382 pp, preface, I. Crime in the Light of Modern Social Science; II. Criminal Codes and Penal Institutions of Colonial Times; III. The Historical Origin of the Prison System in America; IV. The Place of the Pennsylvania Prison Society in American Prison Reform; V. Some Leading Phases of the Evolution of Modern Penology; VI. The Evolution of American Criminal Jurisprudence as Illustrated by the Criminal Code and Penal Legislation of Pennsylvania; VII. The Historical Development of Prison Industry; VIII. How Prisons Punish the Human Mind; IX. Trial by Jury; X. recent Literature on Crime and Prisons; XI. Summanry and Conclusions; index. First Edition, 1926. Lightly foxed edges with only the faintest wear to fore-edge corner tips, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth with black lettering ro front board and spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001518
Title: The Repression of Crime: Studies in Historical Penology
Author: Barnes, Harry Elmer
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good + +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: George H. Doran Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1926
Keywords: TRUE CRIME CRIMINOLOGY HISTORY PENOLOGY STUDIES
Bookseller catalogs: TRUE CRIME;
Size: Large 8vo

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