On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France The Complete Text /

• Main Authors: de Beaumont, Gustave (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), de Tocqueville, Alexis (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Recovering Political Philosophy,
• Subjects: Political theory.; Political philosophy.; Corrections.; Punishment.; Public policy.; Political Theory.; Political Philosophy.; Prison and Punishment.; Public Policy.

This book provides the first complete, literal English translation of Alexis de Tocqueville's and Gustave de Beaumont's first edition of On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France. The work contains a critical comparison of two competing American penitent...