La statistique et le débat sur la contrainte par corps : l’apport de Jean-Baptiste Bayle-Mouillard

Journal article: This article presents J.B. Bayle-Mouillard's 1836 book on debtors' prison and shows how it represents an interesting step in applied statistical methodology.

Author(s)

Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur

Journal
  • Histoire & Mesure
Date of publication
  • 2008
Keywords JEL
K2 N2 N4
Keywords
  • 19th century
  • Debtors’ prison
  • Judicial statistics
  • Prisons’ statistics
  • Methodology
  • History of statistics
Pages
  • 167-89
Version
  • 1
Volume
  • 23