Proceedings of the Annual Congress of the American Prison AssociationW.B. Burford, 1908 - Prisons |
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... ment was revenge . Today another element has entered and that is the reformation of the criminal , to make him a useful member of society , doing his part in its progress and in its de- velopment . In olden times the greater the crime ...
... ment was revenge . Today another element has entered and that is the reformation of the criminal , to make him a useful member of society , doing his part in its progress and in its de- velopment . In olden times the greater the crime ...
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... ment for these people , that they may earn an honest living . believe in the State government taking an interest in it . I would like to see every State in the Union have an employment bureau . I would like to see that bureau authorized ...
... ment for these people , that they may earn an honest living . believe in the State government taking an interest in it . I would like to see every State in the Union have an employment bureau . I would like to see that bureau authorized ...
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... ment is also reformatory and with you the Scriptures agree . To be very accurate we should say that justice is satisfied by punishment and the wrong - doer is disciplined by chastisement . Punishment is for the good of the law , and ...
... ment is also reformatory and with you the Scriptures agree . To be very accurate we should say that justice is satisfied by punishment and the wrong - doer is disciplined by chastisement . Punishment is for the good of the law , and ...
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... ment of crime or for its prevention , become agencies for precisely the opposite result ; and by their action tend to increase and to propagate crime rather than to diminish it . I have in mind . specifically our criminal courts and our ...
... ment of crime or for its prevention , become agencies for precisely the opposite result ; and by their action tend to increase and to propagate crime rather than to diminish it . I have in mind . specifically our criminal courts and our ...
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... ment of this institution , provides also that the judge of the Cir- cuit Court , or Probate Court , or County Court may commit white boys between the ages of eight and sixteen years under the general features of a juvenile court law ...
... ment of this institution , provides also that the judge of the Cir- cuit Court , or Probate Court , or County Court may commit white boys between the ages of eight and sixteen years under the general features of a juvenile court law ...
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Page 276 - Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the Union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.
Page 43 - The vilest deeds like poison weeds Bloom well in prison-air: It is only what is good in Man That wastes and withers there: Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate, And the Warder is Despair.
Page 114 - Or hurl the cynic's banLet me live in my house by the side of the road And be a friend to man.
Page 114 - Where the highways never ran — But let me live by the side of the road And be a friend to man. Let me live in a house by the side of the road...
Page 89 - It is not His will that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Page 43 - Becomes one's heart by night. With midnight always in one's heart, And twilight in one's cell, We turn the crank, or tear the rope, Each in his separate Hell, And the silence is more awful far Than the sound of a brazen bell.
Page 214 - Any one in custody as an insane person is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, upon a proper application made by him or some friend in his beh:ilf. Upon the return of such writ, the fact of his insanity shall be inquired into and determined.
Page 29 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 250 - ... being a common prostitute or night walker, wanders in the fields, public streets or highways, lanes or places of public meeting or gathering of people, and does not give a satisfactory account of herself...