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Excerpt from A History of the Penal, Reformatory and Correctional Institutions of the States of New Jersey: Analytical and Documentary The first step towards a differentiated treatment of crime and criminals came with the erection of a state prison in 1797 - 8. This provided for a differentiation between those convicted of the more serious crimes and those convicted of petty Offenses or awaiting trial. It did not, however, attempt any differentiation on the basis Of age, sex, or mental state. Children and adults, male and female, sane and insane were confined in contiguity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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