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1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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Pitcairn-Norfolk language |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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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. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860.
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Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860. |
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Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860. |
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Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860. |
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Penal colonies -- Norfolk Island -- History.
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Penal colonies. |
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History. |
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Penal colonies -- Great Britain -- History.
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Great Britain. |
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Prison reformers -- Norfolk Island -- Biography.
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Prison reformers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Norfolk Island -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morris, Norval, 1923-2004. Maconochie's gentlemen. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 (DLC) 2001021377 |
| ISBN |
0195169123 |
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9780195169126 |
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0195146077 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195146073 (alkaline paper) |
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1602567131 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9781602567139 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780198033387 (electronic book) |
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0198033389 (electronic book) |
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