{"product_id":"the-criminal-prisons-of-london-9781108036986","title":"The Criminal Prisons of London","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in 1862, this book is a comprehensive guide to crime and punishment in nineteenth-century London. Henry Mayhew (181287), a journalist and social reformer, argues for prison reform by demonstrating that all of London's penal institutions were ineffective in reforming criminals and did not adequately provide for the inmates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdvertisement; Introduction: London considered as a great world; A balloon view of London; Some idea of the size and population of London; London from Different Points of View: The entry into London by rail; The Port of London; London from the top of St. Paul's; The Contrasts of London: Of the riches and poverty of London; The charity and crime of London; Of the London streets, their traffic, names, and character; Professional London; Legal London; The Administration of the Criminal Law: The criminal prisons and prison population of London; The London convict prisons and the convict population; Of prison discipline; The Convict Prisons of London: Pentonville Prison; The female convict prison at Brixton; The hulks at Woolwich; Millbank Prison - the convict depot; The Correctional Prisons of London: The Middlesex House of Correction, Coldbath Fields; The Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields; The Surrey House of Correction, Wandsworth; The City House of Correction, Holloway; The Detentional Prisons of London: Newgate Jail; The House of Correction, Clerkenwell; Horsemonger Lane Jail.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769038897495,"sku":"9781108036986","price":53.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781108036986.jpg?v=1758719427","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-criminal-prisons-of-london-9781108036986","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}