Protecting Society Against Crime. The Treatment of Crime and the Criminal.
New York: Prison Association of New York, Presumed Publisher. 1924. Wraps. Good. Item #022146
Printed wraps. 12 pp. A short work arguing for the use of prisons as a place to reform people convicted of crimes through education, work and other means, using the view that crime is a societal ill, and that the treatment of the criminal through reform would reduce crime overall. Edward R. Cass was the head of the American Prison Association and used a scientific approach to penology in order to improve prisons and the treatment of prisoners. GOOD condition. Minor staining to the rear cover. A few underlines in pencil in the text, with a note in pencil on one page.
Price: $45.00