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The Translator has endeavoured faithfully to clothe in English words the opinions of the author, without adoption or rejection of them a few notes have been added to the text merely with the design of clearing up obscurity or correcting mistakes on some local mat ters, of which the author, living in a distant country, and not having an opportunity of consulting documents connected with Ireland, had necessarily an imperfect knowledge. The author's notes are for the sake of convenience inserted in the text in brackets to prevent their being confounded with those by the Translator.
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The Translator has endeavoured faithfully to clothe in English words the opinions of the author, without adoption or rejection of them a few notes have been added to the text merely with the design of clearing up obscurity or correcting mistakes on some local mat ters, of which the author, living in a distant country, and not having an opportunity of consulting documents connected with Ireland, had necessarily an imperfect knowledge. The author's notes are for the sake of convenience inserted in the text in brackets to prevent their being confounded with those by the Translator.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. The Irish Convict System examines a unique penal reform system instituted in Ireland during the 1850s. The author, a respected public intellectual from mainland Europe, provides an in-depth analysis of the Irish system, describing how it combined cellular imprisonment and forced labor with rehabilitation and conditional release. By examining how sentences were determined and carried out, the author explores the shifting motivations for punishment and the different ways that societies sought to rehabilitate those deviant from social norms. Ultimately, this book stands as an important record of and contribution to the ongoing debate over the purpose of incarceration. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330169766_0
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