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Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A firing squad executing criminal soldiers. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

Maimed, diseased and dying former soldiers lie by the roadside with a priest attending to them. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.

The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

William Cox, burglar, in Newgate prison. Etching, ca. 1773.

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Peasants avenging themselves by attacking soldiers from woods next to a country road. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

Maimed soldiers dragging themselves to a hospital. Etching, 1730, after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

The psychology of the physically handicapped / Rudolf Pintner, Jon Eisenson, Mildred Stanton.

On working with offenders : opening minds, awakening emotions / Katy Ashton, Sarah Bromage, Ronna Tulgan Ostheimer.

Vermessung des Verbrechers : die kriminalbiologische Untersuchung in Bayern, 1923-1945 / Thomas Kailer.

A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

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Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

The psychology of the physically handicapped / Rudolf Pintner, Jon Eisenson, Mildred Stanton.

On working with offenders : opening minds, awakening emotions / Katy Ashton, Sarah Bromage, Ronna Tulgan Ostheimer.

Vermessung des Verbrechers : die kriminalbiologische Untersuchung in Bayern, 1923-1945 / Thomas Kailer.

A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.