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... Punishment , and means of Colonization ....... On different Systems of managing Criminals On the best means of passing from the present system of Con- vict Management to the one recommended On the better Qualities of Convicts On ...
... Punishment , and means of Colonization ....... On different Systems of managing Criminals On the best means of passing from the present system of Con- vict Management to the one recommended On the better Qualities of Convicts On ...
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... in the midst of luxu- ries which cannot be indulged in honestly , would seem contrived expressly to make petty crime inevitable ; -and for its practical effects see top of p . 38 . detection and punishment on the other , —I at- tribute ...
... in the midst of luxu- ries which cannot be indulged in honestly , would seem contrived expressly to make petty crime inevitable ; -and for its practical effects see top of p . 38 . detection and punishment on the other , —I at- tribute ...
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... punishment on the other , —I at- tribute almost exclusively the painful results of the existing system of Convict Management , - the setting of which in a distinct light is thus another necessary purpose of my work . In preparing it I ...
... punishment on the other , —I at- tribute almost exclusively the painful results of the existing system of Convict Management , - the setting of which in a distinct light is thus another necessary purpose of my work . In preparing it I ...
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... punishment , or any form of physical damage , is in any case a strong sen- timent in the human mind . We do not see that the fear of life and limb , the loss and frac- ture of which are the punishments , by the laws of nature , of rash ...
... punishment , or any form of physical damage , is in any case a strong sen- timent in the human mind . We do not see that the fear of life and limb , the loss and frac- ture of which are the punishments , by the laws of nature , of rash ...
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... punishment , -enough , if accompanied by moral and religious instruction , to produce penitence , but not resistance , —and especially if followed by circum- stances moderately favorable to further improvement , not extravagantly ...
... punishment , -enough , if accompanied by moral and religious instruction , to produce penitence , but not resistance , —and especially if followed by circum- stances moderately favorable to further improvement , not extravagantly ...
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Aborigines advantage appears arrangements assigned servants Australian authority better BREVIATES Cambridge character Christian Church circumstances civilization classes conduct consequently considered contrary Convict Management crime criminals degradation desire Diemen's Land direct punishment domestic drunkenness effect England English evil existing system favorable feeling GEORGE WASHINGTON WALKER give Government habits HISTORY Hobart Town human improved individual indulgence inflicted injury instruction interest King's College School labor laws less London masters means ment merely moral influence natives nature object obtained Octavo offence officers operation opinion parties Penal Colonies person persuaded physical police political population Prayer present system principle prison discipline probation proposed racter reason reform regard respect result scarcely Secondary punishment sentence settlers shew shewn sidered slavery slaves social society South Wales spirit success temptation tendency Thirty-Nine Articles ticket-of-leave tion Transportation University of Cambridge Van Diemen's Land Volume whole WILLIAM WHEWELL
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