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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in crime and public policyPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)2002.]Description: 1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0195169123
  • 9780195169126
  • 9780198033387
  • 0198033389
  • 9786610534371
  • 6610534373
  • 1280534370
  • 9781280534379
  • 0195347056
  • 9780195347050
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV8950.84
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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.
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Online Book G. Allen Fleece Library Online Non-fiction HV8950.84 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocm80242825\

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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