The History and Romance of Crime: Oriental Prisons
by Arthur Griffiths
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About this eBook
- Author
- Griffiths, Arthur, 1838-1908
- Title
- Oriental Prisons Prisons and Crime in India, the Andaman Islands, Burmah, China, Japan, Egypt, Turkey
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Wayne Hammond, Sharon Joiner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
- Subject
- Crime -- Middle East -- History
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 54188
- Release Date
- February 18, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The History and Romance of Crime FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY THE GROLIER SOCIETY LONDON
- 2.INTRODUCTION
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.List of Illustrations
- 5.CHAPTER I PRISON SYSTEM IN INDIA
- 6.CHAPTER II THE CRIME OF THUGGEE
- 7.CHAPTER III CEREMONIES OF THUGGEE
- 8.CHAPTER IV DACOITY
- 9.CHAPTER V CHARACTERISTIC CRIMES
- 10.CHAPTER VI THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS
- 11.CHAPTER VII PRISONS OF BURMAH
- 12.CHAPTER VIII CRIME IN CHINA
- 13.CHAPTER IX ENLIGHTENED METHODS OF JAPAN
- 14.CHAPTER X THE LAW IN EGYPT
- 15.CHAPTER XI TURKISH PRISONS — Transcriber’s Note:
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