Questions and Answers About Crime and Sing Sing.
Curious Facts About Crime and Punishment Bierstadt, Edward Hale [1891-1970]. Lawes, Lewis E. [1883-1947], Introduction. Questions and Answers About Crime and Sing Sing. [New York]: Dr. Earl S. Sloan, [1935]. Stapled pamphlet in stiff pictorial wrappers. Moderate rubbing to extremities, light toning to interior. $150. * Only edition. The first half of this pamphlet contains 101 questions; the second half contains their answers. For example, Question 94 asks: "Identify the following terms: 'frame-up,'; 'snow-bird'; 'shoving the queer'; 'moll-buzzer'; 'stool-pigeon.'" Bierstadt was a criminologist, author and drama critic. Lawes was the warden of Sing Sing and a well-known proponent of prison reform. OCLC locates 3 copies (Harvard Law School, New York Public Library, UC-Berkeley).
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