Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1932-1951.

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Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1932-1951.

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The earliest item (1932) relates to Sellin's article on penal institutions for the Encyclopedia of social sciences and is from International Penal and Penitentiary Commission secretary-general J. Simon van der Aa. Also includes some material relevant to Sellin's work for the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission prior to its disbanding in 1951.

4 items (8 leaves)

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International Penal and Penitentiary Commission.

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The International Penal and Penitentiary Commission was formed in 1872 as the International Penal Commission. In 1929 it acquired its present name. In 1926 its Permanent Office was established in Berne, Switzerland. The International Penal and Penitentiary Commission's purpose was to advise governments on the reform of criminals, the prevention of crime, and prison administration. It did not operate between the years 1939-1945, was revived in 1946, and in 1950 it was absorbed into the Dept. of S...

Aa, J. Simon van der 1865-1944.

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