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Scenes from a Silent World: Or, Prisons and their Inmates

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Scenes from a Silent World: Or, Prisons and their Inmates
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Felicia Skene
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:276
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9781108021913
ClassificationsDewey:365.942
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 28 October 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Francis Scougal was one of the pseudonyms of Felicia Skene (1821-1899), a writer and philanthropist, who also wrote fiction and religious works. She was particularly noted for her work with 'fallen women' and in the campaign for penal reform. This 1889 work was the result of ten years prison-visiting at Oxford Gaol. She argues for greater emphasis on rehabilitation of prisoners: they will be bound to re-offend if they are treated inhumanly while imprisoned and as outcasts when released. She argues against mandatory sentencing, on the grounds that individual cases cannot be treated identically; and opposes capital punishment, both because miscarriages of justice are bound to occur at times, and also because it does not act as a deterrent. Her non-judgmental account is remarkably modern. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=skenfe