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

Provides the first complete and literal English translation of Alexis de Tocquevilles and Gustave de Beaumont's On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France.Fills a void in Tocquevillian studies and extrapolates the roots of American penal reform in the nineteenth century.Appeals to a growing field of scholars investigating civil society, as well as students of political science and theory, history, criminology, and political sociology.

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.