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... imprisonment, during which the tread-wheel is an appropriate punishment. But in bearing this testimony in its favour, they feel no hesitation in declaring their opinion that its value may be over-rated, and its discipline misapplied. Notwithstanding...

A Letter on the Nature and Effects of the Tread-wheel: As an Instrument of ... - Página 133
de John Ivatt Briscoe - 1824 - 174 páginas
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Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of ..., Volumen 5

Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, England) - 1823 - 384 páginas

...over-rated, and its discipline misapplied. Notwithstanding the acknowledged excellencies of the tread-wheel, it ought not to form the punishment of those whom...discipline, is inconsistent with the views of the best writers on the Penitentiary system, and at variance with those principles of prison management which...

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JAILS OF THE LOWER PROVINCES

W. L. HEELEY - 1874 - 480 páginas

...overrated, and its discipline misapplied. Not withstanding the acknowledged excellencies of the treadwheel, it ought not to form the punishment of those whom...long periods of imprisonment, day after day, to this descipliue, is inconsistent with the views of the best writers on the penitentiary system, and at variance...

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Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of ..., Volúmenes 3-5

Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, England) - 1821 - 908 páginas

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