The Female Offender
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The appearance of this series, of which this work is the pioneer, marks an epoch in the history of English penal administration. Signs are not wanting that the English public are beginning to become aware of the work done with regard to the criminal in France and Italy. The lately published report of the Special Committee on English prisons directs attention to this work. It shows that in England while the greatest attention has been paid to the
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