| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Studies in crime and public policy |
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Studies in crime and public policy.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 offers an account of this pioneer in penal reform |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860.
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| SUBJECT |
Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860 fast |
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Penal colonies -- Norfolk Island -- History
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Penal colonies -- Great Britain -- History
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Prison reformers -- Norfolk Island -- Biography
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Prison reformers -- Norfolk Island -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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Penal colonies
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Prison reformers
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| SUBJECT |
Norfolk Island -- History
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| Subject |
Australia -- Norfolk Island
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0195169123 |
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9780195169126 |
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0195146077 |
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9780195146073 |
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1602567131 |
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9781602567139 |
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9780198033387 |
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0198033389 |
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9786610534371 |
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6610534373 |
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1280534370 |
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9781280534379 |
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0195347056 |
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9780195347050 |
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