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The individualization of punishment / by Raymond Saleilles ; with an introduction by Gabriel Tarde ; translated from the second French edition by Rachel Szold Jastrow.
Saleilles, Raymond, 1855-1912.Date: 1911
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A Chinese man being garroted on a cross with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579707i
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A Chinese woman sentenced to have her feet cut off is carried to the torturer; the judge is seated behind a desk. Wood engraving by L. Dumont, 1864, after L. Janet-Langer.
Date: [1864]Reference: 579906i
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Chinese justice and methods of punishment. Gouache paintings on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.
Date: 1780-1880Reference: 573867i
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Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment; a river and a boat in the background. Engraving by J. Hall after W. Alexander, 1796.
Alexander, William, 1767-1816.Date: 12 April 1796Reference: 579902i
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Peasants avenging themselves by attacking soldiers from woods next to a country road. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1730]Reference: 44144i
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The psychology of the criminal act and punishment / Gregory Zilboorg.
Zilboorg, Gregory, 1890-1959.Date: [1954], ©1954
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Bygone punishments / by William Andrews.
Andrews, William, 1848-1908.Date: 1931
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Notices of the original, and successive efforts, to improve the discipline of the prison at Philadelphia, and to reform the criminal code of Pennsylvania, with a few observations on the penitentiary system / by Roberts Vaux.
Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836.Date: 1826
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A Chinese man is hanging up from a rope attached to a wooden structure and resting on a bamboo stick held by two Chinese men. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579694i
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Two Chinese prisoners carrying heavy loads on poles balanced on their shoulders: the men have their legs shackled and are led by two other men, who hold the long chains attached to the prisoners' necks. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.
Date: 1780-1880Reference: 573876i
Part of: Chinese justice and methods of punishment
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Penological and preventive principles : with special reference to Europe and America, and to crime, pauperism, and their prevention; prisons and their substitutes; habitual offenders; conditional liberation; sentences; capital punishment; intemperance; prostitution; neglected youth; education; police / by William Tallack.
Tallack, William, 1831-1908.Date: 1896
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A Chinese man being subjected to torture while shackled to a bed or rack, surrounded by three torturers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573830i
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An essay on crimes and punishments / [C. Beccaria] ; translated from the Italian ; with a commentary, attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French.
Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di, 1738-1794.Date: 1769
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Observations and reflections on the design and effects of punishment / by John Sergeant and Samuel Miller, in letters addressed to Roberts Vaux : read at a meeting of the Prison Society of Philadelphia, and with the consent of the writers published by its order ; also, The opinion of the keepers of the penitentiary and Bridewell at Philadelphia, on the separate confinement of criminals.
Sergeant, John, 1779-1852.Date: 1827
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Abelard and Eloise confessing their love to his brother monks and her sister nuns. Coloured stipple engraving by Miss Martin after B. Pernotin.
Pernotin, B., active 1786-1799.Reference: 10846i
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The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1730]Reference: 44132i
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A popular essay on subjects of penal law, and on uninterrupted solitary confinement at labor, as contradistinguished to solitary confinement at night and joint labor by day, in a letter to John Bacon / by Francis Lieber.
Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872.Date: 1838
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Prostitutes in Bern (Berne) being punished by collecting night-soil in the streets. Engraving by C. Warren, ca. 1790.
Date: 1790Reference: 27974i
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Flagellation & the flagellants : a history of the rod in all countries from the earliest period to the present time / by Wm. M. Cooper.
Bertram, James Glass, 1824-1892.Date: [1910?]
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Opere di Cesare Beccaria. Volume unico / [Cesare Beccaria].
Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di, 1738-1794.Date: 1824
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La médecine du crime : essai sur l'émergence d'un regard médical sur la criminalité en France (1785-1885) / par Marc Renneville.
Renneville, Marc.Date: [1999]
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A boy slave in Zanzibar punished by being forced to stand with a heavy piece of wood on his head which is chained to his ankle. Process print by C.H., 1896, after W.K. Firminger.
Firminger, Walter K. (Walter Kelly), 1870-1940.Date: 1896Reference: 37959i
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Remarks upon prison discipline, &c. &c. : in a letter addressed to the Lord Lieutenant and magistrates of the county of Essex / by C.C. Western.
Western, C. C. (Charles Callis), Baron Western, 1767-1844.Date: 1825
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M0012989: Illustration of a woman wearing a Scold's Bridle.
Date: April 1953

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The individualization of punishment / by Raymond Saleilles ; with an introduction by Gabriel Tarde ; translated from the second French edition by Rachel Szold Jastrow.

A Chinese man being garroted on a cross with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

A Chinese woman sentenced to have her feet cut off is carried to the torturer; the judge is seated behind a desk. Wood engraving by L. Dumont, 1864, after L. Janet-Langer.

Chinese justice and methods of punishment. Gouache paintings on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.

Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment; a river and a boat in the background. Engraving by J. Hall after W. Alexander, 1796.

Peasants avenging themselves by attacking soldiers from woods next to a country road. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

The psychology of the criminal act and punishment / Gregory Zilboorg.

Bygone punishments / by William Andrews.

Notices of the original, and successive efforts, to improve the discipline of the prison at Philadelphia, and to reform the criminal code of Pennsylvania, with a few observations on the penitentiary system / by Roberts Vaux.

A Chinese man is hanging up from a rope attached to a wooden structure and resting on a bamboo stick held by two Chinese men. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

Two Chinese prisoners carrying heavy loads on poles balanced on their shoulders: the men have their legs shackled and are led by two other men, who hold the long chains attached to the prisoners' necks. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.

A Chinese man being subjected to torture while shackled to a bed or rack, surrounded by three torturers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.

An essay on crimes and punishments / [C. Beccaria] ; translated from the Italian ; with a commentary, attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French.

Abelard and Eloise confessing their love to his brother monks and her sister nuns. Coloured stipple engraving by Miss Martin after B. Pernotin.

The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

A popular essay on subjects of penal law, and on uninterrupted solitary confinement at labor, as contradistinguished to solitary confinement at night and joint labor by day, in a letter to John Bacon / by Francis Lieber.

Prostitutes in Bern (Berne) being punished by collecting night-soil in the streets. Engraving by C. Warren, ca. 1790.

Flagellation & the flagellants : a history of the rod in all countries from the earliest period to the present time / by Wm. M. Cooper.

Opere di Cesare Beccaria. Volume unico / [Cesare Beccaria].

La médecine du crime : essai sur l'émergence d'un regard médical sur la criminalité en France (1785-1885) / par Marc Renneville.

A boy slave in Zanzibar punished by being forced to stand with a heavy piece of wood on his head which is chained to his ankle. Process print by C.H., 1896, after W.K. Firminger.

Remarks upon prison discipline, &c. &c. : in a letter addressed to the Lord Lieutenant and magistrates of the county of Essex / by C.C. Western.

M0012989: Illustration of a woman wearing a Scold's Bridle.