English prisons under local government
By: by Sidney & Beatrice Webb. With pref. by Bernard Shaw.
Contributors: Webb, Beatrice Potter, 1858-1943, joint author.; Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
Publisher: Longmans, Green
Published: 1922
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Prisons -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.; Local government -- Great Britain -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Designed as a historical introduction to "English prisons to-day, being the report of the Prison System Enquiry Committee", by Stephen Hobhouse and A. Fenner Brockway, to be published simultaneously with this volume. cf. Authors' note.