On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France

1. Translator's Introduction.- 2. List of Documentary Evidence.- 3. On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France: Preface.- 4. Part I Chapter 1: History of the Penitentiary System.- 5. Part I Chapter 2.- 6. Part I Chapter 3: Reform.- 7. Part I Chapter 4: Financial Part.- 8. Part II Chapter 1.- 9. Part II Chapter 2.- 10. Part III (On Houses of Refuge) Chapter 1.- 11. Part III (On Houses of Refuge) Chapter 2.- 12. Appendix: On Penal Colonies.- 13. Appendix: Alphabetical Notes.- 14. Appendix No. 4: Agricultural Colonies.- 15. Appendix No. 5: On Public Education.- 16. Appendix No. 6: Pauperism in America.- 16. Appendix No. 7: Imprisonment for Debts in the United States.- 17. Appendix No. 8: Imprisonment of Witnesses.- 18. Appendix No. 9: Temperance Societies.- 19. Appendix No. 10: Inquiry into the Philadelphia Penitentiary.- 20. Appendix No. 11: Conversation with Mr. Elam Lynds.- 21. Appendix No. 12: Excerpts.- 22. Appendix No. 13: Regulations of the Connecticut Prison.- 23. Appendix No. 13, bis: Regulations from Mr. Welles for the Boston House of Refuge.- 23. Appendix No. 14: Letter from Mr. Barrett, Chaplain of the Wethersfield Penitentiary.- 24. Appendix No. 15: Conversation with the Director of the Philadelphia House of Refuge.- 25. Appendix No. 16: Statistical Notes.- 26. Appendix No. 17: Statistical Observations and Comparisons.- 27. Appendix No.18: Some Points of Comparison Between France and America.- 28. Appendix No. 19: Financial Part.

Emily Katherine Ferkaluk is Instructor of Political Science at Cedarville University, USA. She received her M.A. and Ph.D from the University of Dallas. Her research interests include a study of Alexis de Tocqueville's discussion of American religion, politics, and penal institutions; motherhood and politics; and questions of constitutional law.