Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

Elizabeth Fry

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Theory of punishment Criminal law Legal theory Law

Author

Elizabeth Fry

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Reformer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Fry, Elizabeth. Note found among her papers. c. 1848.

Current Citation

Fry, Elizabeth. Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, edited by Katharine Fry and Rachel Elizabeth Cresswell. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2011, ch. 10.

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Kierkegaard, Soren [published as Victor Eremita]. Enten-Eller [Either/Or]. Vol. 1, Copenhagen: University bookshop, 1843.

Current Citation

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1933 1930s 20th century
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Hutchins, Robert M. "The Autobiography of an Ex-Law Student." The University of Chicago Law Review, Mar. 1934. Originally a speech at The Association of American Law Schools meeting. Dec. 1933, Chicago, IL, USA.