SPEECHES AND ESSAYS OF WARDEN E. G. COFFIN, Of the Ohio Penitentiary, from 1896 to 1900.
by Coffin, Warden E. G
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
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Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Columbus, Ohio, 1899. 150pp, plain dark blue cloth hardback, slight wear around edges and spine ends, upper top edges of covers have darkened, contents very good, Second edition, frontispiece photograph of author and Governor, Part l. Pages 1-44, written by the compiler giving a"condensed description of the physical features of the prison and moral improvement of the prisoneers"; Part ll. pages 49-150. Addresses by Warden Coffin, dealing with prison business and his ideas on Progressive Penology. Hard Cover. Good +.
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- Karen Wickliff - Books (US)
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- Title
- SPEECHES AND ESSAYS OF WARDEN E. G. COFFIN, Of the Ohio Penitentiary, from 1896 to 1900.
- Author
- Coffin, Warden E. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Place of Publication
- Columbus, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Prison Reforn Ohio Penitentiary Uniforms School Education Improvements Criminals Treatment
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- Law; True Crime;
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