'Terror to evil-doers' : prisons and punishment in nineteenth-century Ontario
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0802043453
ISBN 13
9780802043450
DDC
365
Category
Osgoode Society
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
xxvi, 575 pages
Subject
Canadian prisons
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Abstract
"This is the history of the foundations of modern carceral institutions in Ontario. Drawing on a wide range of previously unexplored primary material - including the papers of prison inspectors and officials and the correspondence of those who wrote to the authorities - Peter Oliver provides a narrative and interpretative account of the penal system in nineteenth-century Ontario." "'Terror to Evil-Doers' focuses on the purposes and internal management of particular institutions. By synthesizing a wealth of new material into a comprehensive framework, Oliver's seminal study lays the groundwork for future students and scholars of Canadian history, criminology, and sociology."--Jacket.
Description
Content:
pt. I. Colonial Origins. 1. Upper Canadian Punishments. 2. The Gaol and the Community. 3. 'Order Is Heaven's First Law': The Tory Origins of Upper Canada's Penitentiary -- pt. II. In the Penitentiary. 4. 'The Reformation of Convicts Is Unknown': The Penitentiary under Henry Smith, 1834-1848. 5. New Beginnings: The Penitentiary in the 1850s. 6. 'Moral Monsters, ' Refractory Females, Children, and Workers. 7. Disciplinary Advances. 8. Institutional Rigidities and Punitive Policies: The Penitentiary's Enduring Reality -- pt. III. Alternative Sanctions and Reform Initiatives. 9. 'The Government Boarding House': Upper Canada's Gaols in the Age of Progress. 10. The Persistence of Community: Ontario's Gaols in the Industrial Era. 11. Terrorizing the Underclass: The Intermediate Prisons. 12. Aftercare and the Ambiguities of Reform -- Publications of The Osgoode Society.
pt. I. Colonial Origins. 1. Upper Canadian Punishments. 2. The Gaol and the Community. 3. 'Order Is Heaven's First Law': The Tory Origins of Upper Canada's Penitentiary -- pt. II. In the Penitentiary. 4. 'The Reformation of Convicts Is Unknown': The Penitentiary under Henry Smith, 1834-1848. 5. New Beginnings: The Penitentiary in the 1850s. 6. 'Moral Monsters, ' Refractory Females, Children, and Workers. 7. Disciplinary Advances. 8. Institutional Rigidities and Punitive Policies: The Penitentiary's Enduring Reality -- pt. III. Alternative Sanctions and Reform Initiatives. 9. 'The Government Boarding House': Upper Canada's Gaols in the Age of Progress. 10. The Persistence of Community: Ontario's Gaols in the Industrial Era. 11. Terrorizing the Underclass: The Intermediate Prisons. 12. Aftercare and the Ambiguities of Reform -- Publications of The Osgoode Society.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-562) and index.
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1
