Remarks on the Relation between Education and Crime, in a Letter to the Right Rev. William White . . . to which are added, Some Observations by N. H. Julius, M. D. of Hamburg, a Corresponding Member of the Society.
by Lieber, Francis
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Philadelphia: Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1835. First edition.
Some soiling and foxing and light staining and wear; a good to very good copy.
Original printed blue wrappers (8.75 x 5.38 inches), 24 pages.
A presentation copy, with a semi-legible inscription in ink on the front wrapper, "To Jos. Ficher [?] with the regards of his frnd. & srvt. Francis Lieber."
"The mere absence of crime, therefore, is neither a proof of a state of morality--for it may originate from very inauspicious causes--nor is the increase of crime of itself a proof of increased degeneracy."
An early attempt at criminology and reform, and an early work from the important immigrant German-American legal and political scholar Lieber, who had earlier assisted Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in collecting data on American prison system and published a translation of their work in 1833. This work includes a glance at the effects of the growth of the American popular press on the perception of crime rates.
American Imprints 32605.
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- Title
- Remarks on the Relation between Education and Crime, in a Letter to the Right Rev. William White . . . to which are added, Some Observations by N. H. Julius, M. D. of Hamburg, a Corresponding Member of the Society.
- Author
- Lieber, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
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- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1835
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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