Download or read book 'Terror to Evil-doers' written by Peter Oliver and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the foundations of modern carceral institutions in Ontario. Drawing on a wide range of previously unexplored primary material, Oliver provides a narrative and interpretative account of the penal system in 19th-century Ontario.