Taming the Criminal Adventures in Penology 1st Edition John L. Gillin 1931

Description: Taming the Criminal Adventures in Penology 1st Edition John L. Gillin 1931. The book is in good condition for its age, there is some wear on the cover, mainly at the spine (see photos), and there are places on the inside front cover and inside back cover where some of the paper surface has been taken off (see photos). The book is missing one page of photographs that was facing pages 14 and 15. One of the pages of photographs has come out of the book but is still with the book (see photos). Otherwise, the pages are in good condition, clean and intact. There are 21 pages of photographs. Author is John L. Gillin, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology in the University of Wisconsin. Published by The MacMillan Company in New York. Copyright 1931 by John Lewis Gillin. Set up and printed in the USA. Published in March of 1931. 8.75" tall and 6" wide. The book discusses the following:Japanese Penal InstitutionsFrom Bilibid to IwahigThe Prison System of CeylonThe Criminal Tribes of IndiaWitzwil, The Swiss Correctional ColonyBelgium's Adventures in Redeeming MenPenological Experiments in EnglandSome Southern Prison Systems in the United States The book contains photographs of things such as:Kosuge Prison, TokioBilibid PrisonBilibid Prison Automobile Shop and Wheel-making ShopIwahig Penal Colony in the Philippine IslandsKavali Repairment Settlement in IndiaCriminal Tribes Settlement, VisapurCriminal Tribes Settlement, SholapurWitzwill Penal Colony, SwitzerlandState Prison Farm, Parchman, MississippiState Prison, Raiford, FloridaState Prison, Kilby, AlabamaPrison Farm, Oakley, Mississippi John Lewis Gillin was an American Sociologist born on October 12, 1871, in Iowa. He specialized in applied sociology. He was the 16th president of the American Sociological Association and was also active in the American Red Cross. He worked at Ashland College in Ohio and at the State University of Iowa. Gillin served as a Professor of Social Sciences at Iowa University, and then as Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, where he served for 46 years. He co-authored "Outlines of Sociology", which is described as the first widely used introductory text in sociology. Gillin became an ordained minister with The Church of the Brethren. Gillin's reputation rested mainly on his work in criminology and penology. He wrote books as well as articles in journals. During World War II, Gillin was the Director of the Department of Civilian Relief of the Central Division of the American Red Cross. He also served as National Director of Educational Service for the American Red Cross. For one year during World War II, he was public member, Region VI, of the National War Labor Board. John Lewis Gillin died on December 8, 1958.

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