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Penology from Panama to Cape Horn (Hardcover, Reprint 2016 ed.)
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Penology from Panama to Cape Horn (Hardcover, Reprint 2016 ed.)
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This comprehensive and factual study of the penal systems of South
America is the outgrowth of an extended tour made by the author in
1944. The countries visited include: Panama; Colombia, which has
the most rational program of productive prison labor; Ecuador,
where there is "no penal philosophy or prison system worthy of the
name"; Peru; Bolivia, with "prisons and penal philosophy the most
benighted of any country visited"; Chile, which maintains "the
worst large city jail ever seen" in Santiago; Argentina, which with
Brazil stands in the foreground as far as prison construction is
concerned; and Brazil, where there is real leadership in both adult
penology and child care. The author's observations and discussions
with leading men in the field, his knowledge of the history behind
the present penal cods and institutions, and his understanding of
the social, economic, and biological factors leading to crime make
this a very illuminating account. There are detailed descriptions
of the extremes of good and bad penal administration that may exist
even within the same city, the generally sordid treatment of women
prisoners who are not cared for in church-operated institutions,
and the almost universal system of housing dependent and neglected
minors in the same institutions as delinquent children. This book
will be of interest not only to those who have a special knowledge
of the field but to those who have little previous experience with
the subject. There are ten photographs of prisoners that are
described in detail by the author and a line-map of the penal
institutions of South America.
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