Maconochie's gentlemen : the story of Norfolk Island & the roots of modern prison reform /

In 1840, Alexander Maconochie, a retired naval captain, became superintendent of two thousand twice-convicted prisoners on Norfolk Island, a thousand miles off the coast of Australia. He transformed the brutal convict settlements into a controlled, stable, and productive environment. This book offer...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morris, Norval, 1923-2004
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series:Studies in crime and public policy.
Subjects:
Maconochie, Alexander, > 1787-1860.
Penal colonies > Norfolk Island > History.
Penal colonies > Great Britain > History.
Prison reformers > Norfolk Island > Biography.
Prison reformers > Norfolk Island > History.
Colonies pénitentiaires > Norfolk, Île > Histoire.
Réformateurs de prison > Norfolk, Île > Histoire.
Colonies pénitentiaires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Réformateurs de prison > Norfolk, Île > Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Penal colonies.
Prison reformers.
Norfolk Island > History.
Norfolk, Île > Histoire.
Australia > Norfolk Island.
Great Britain.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Author's Note; About the Author; Maps; Part 1 Norfolk Island, 1840-1844; Part 2 Maconochie and Norfolk Island after 1844; Part 3 Why Do Prison Conditions Matter?; Part 4 Contemporary Lessons from Maconochie's Experiment; Fixed or Indeterminate Sentences and "Good Time"; Graduated Release Procedures and Aftercare; "The Worst of the Worst"; Punishment and the Mentally Ill; Deterrence, Rehabilitation, and Prison Conditions.

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