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Page 84
... crime in Britain ? Was it sufficient punishment ? Did it reform criminals or only serve to harden them ? Was it too expensive ? Were there other and better ways of dealing with a rising rate of crime ? Sir Charles Bunbury had raised ...
... crime in Britain ? Was it sufficient punishment ? Did it reform criminals or only serve to harden them ? Was it too expensive ? Were there other and better ways of dealing with a rising rate of crime ? Sir Charles Bunbury had raised ...
Page 365
... crimes from the time of his entering the Penitentiary , which he declared had been his ruin , and wondered that such a sink of crime had not long since been swallowed up . Martin Higgins , a short thick man , aged 26 , his companion ...
... crimes from the time of his entering the Penitentiary , which he declared had been his ruin , and wondered that such a sink of crime had not long since been swallowed up . Martin Higgins , a short thick man , aged 26 , his companion ...
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... crime , which he attributed in part to the lack of religious instruction and principle ; to the failure of the government to supervise the road gangs effectively ; to the lax control over assigned convicts , especially on Sundays ; and ...
... crime , which he attributed in part to the lack of religious instruction and principle ; to the failure of the government to supervise the road gangs effectively ; to the lax control over assigned convicts , especially on Sundays ; and ...
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