. The wonderful century [microform] : its successes and its failures. Science; Nineteenth century; Vaccination; Civilization, Modern; Sciences; Dix-neuvième siècle; Vaccination; Civilisation moderne. i: 326 THE WONDEHFUL CENTURY, CHAP. ZIZ i|. ii! 'If. boginiiinp,' of tli(» century nbout twenty-H\'c offences were punishable with death, including burglary, stealing from a house or shop to the value of 4()s., forgery, coining, using old stamps on perfumery and hair powder, sheep- and horse-stealing, and many (ttliers. (Vij)ital ])nnish- ment for all these minor offences was abolished before the
. The wonderful century [microform] : its successes and its failures. Science; Nineteenth century; Vaccination; Civilization, Modern; Sciences; Dix-neuvième siècle; Vaccination; Civilisation moderne. i: 326 THE WONDEHFUL CENTURY, CHAP. ZIZ i|. ii! 'If. boginiiinp,' of tli(» century nbout twenty-H\'c offences were punishable with death, including burglary, stealing from a house or shop to the value of 4()s., forgery, coining, using old stamps on perfumery and hair powder, sheep- and horse-stealing, and many (ttliers. (Vij)ital ])nnish- ment for all these minor offences was abolished before the middle of the century; ouv prisons were greatly im- proved as regards cleanliness and order; and transporta- tion to Tasmania and tlic other Australian colonies, with all its cruelties and abuses, had been got rid of. But there we have stop])e(I; and our treatment of criminals, though not outwardly so harsh, is (piite as much opposed to the admitted ])nnci])lcs which slioidd regulate ail punishment as it was before; while its effects are hardly, if at all, less injurious to the criminals, both as regards bodily and mental health, than the old bad system of the last centui-y. Even Plato and otlier classical writers laid down the principle that ime of the great objects of all punishment is the im[)rovement of t1ie criminal. Beccaria in the last century developed tlds view of the true rationale of punishment, and all modern students and philanthropists admit it; yet tluring the whole century we liave not made a single step in this direction as regards the treat- ment of adult ])risonei*s. A cast-iron routim\ solitude, and a grinding military des])otisni under which the best characters often suffer most, now characterize our ])cnal system, which is admitted to have the effect of making the good bad and the bad worse; and further, of render- ing it almost impossible for a first off'ender to escape from a life of crime. There is no classification of offenders; no sympathetic instn
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