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The Criminal Prisons of London - And Scenes of Prison Life (Paperback)
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The Criminal Prisons of London - And Scenes of Prison Life (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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Henry Mayhew (1812-87), social reformer and journalist, is well
known for his classic work of research on the London poor (also
reissued in this series) and as one of the co-founders of Punch
magazine in 1841. While working as the metropolitan correspondent
for the London Morning Chronicle, Mayhew initiated several
investigations into London's poor and the state of the city's
prisons. Sourcing his information from guards and from prisoners
themselves, Mayhew's monumental study of London criminal life
(co-written with John Binny and published in 1862) includes
analyses of crime areas, crime classifications and the state of the
different prisons connected to them, observations on juvenile
delinquents, and methods of discipline and control of prisoners.
The book also provides detailed police and criminal statistics. His
survey ultimately concluded that all of London's prisons were
lacking in basic human necessities and were greatly in need of
reform.
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