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HOUG/E/L/1/9
Title
Letter from Sir Thomas William Brograve Beauchamp-Proctor to Richard Monckton Milnes
Date(s)
- 16 Aug. 1849 (Creation)
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3 ff.
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Langley Park. - delighted with Milnes' bill for the reformation of juvenile offenders; the state has always concentrated on punishment rather than prevention of crime; important safeguards against neglectful parents; has gathered some details of local increase in juvenile delinquency; ratepayers grumble about expense of reforming criminals without considering greater expense of neglect; reformatories would provide an ideal source of labourers for the colonies; value of county industrial schools; suggests removal of clause relating to corporal punishment of girls.