A History Of Penal Methods. Criminals, Witches, Lunatics Ives, George Antiquarian & Scholarly

A "Valuable Work" on Penology Ives, George. A History of Penal Methods: Criminals, Witches, Lunatics. London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1914. xi, 409, 48 Publisher's Catalogue pp. Original cloth, worn, very lightly ex-library with paper label on rear pastedown, else internally clean. $95. * First edition. "A recital of the chapter headings will suggest to the reader the scope of this valuable work. Penal Methods of Modern Ages; The Witch Trials; Treatment of the Insane; Banishment; The Origin of Cell Prisons; Penitentiary Experiments; The Model System; Model Labor; Penal Servitude; Military Despotism; The Silent System; Visitation of the Sick; Monotony; The Conventional View; The Instinct of Retaliation-Punishment of Things, Animals and Corpses; Classification of Crimes; Classification of Offenders; The Direction of Reform and Practical Prisons.": Robert H. Gault, Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology 149 (1914-1915) 154.