CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. FOREWORD V
3. PREFACE IX
4. CONTENTS XI
5. I. INTRODUCTION 3
6. II. SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND PENAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES 8
7. III. MERCANTILISM AND THE RISE OF IMPRISONMENT 24
8. IV. CHANGES IN THE FORM OF PUNISHMENT 53
9. V. DEVELOPMENTS IN CRIMINAL THEORY AND LAW DURING THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 72
10. VI. SOCIAL AND PENAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 84
11. VII. THE ABOLITION OF TRANSPORTATION 114
12. VIII. THE FAILURE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 127
13. IX. MODERN PRISON REFORM AND ITS LIMITS 138
14. X. THE FINE IN RECENT PENAL PRACTICE 166
15. XI. NEW TRENDS IN PENAL POLICY UNDER FASCISM 177
16. XII. PENAL POLICY AND CRIME RATE 193
17. XIII. CONCLUSION 206
18. NOTES 209
19. INDEX 257