Maconochie's Gentlemen

Zusatztext "Morris blends fact with fiction o provide us with a compelling story-- seen through the eyes of Maconochie, members of his family, assigned personnel, and convicts-- of the conditions on this penal colony and his efforts to develop a rational and humane system of rewards and punishment... Maconochie's Gentlemen is an interesting and thought provoking book on correctional policy and practice, in which the lessons are drawn from a historical perspective. Norval Morris has made yet another significant contribution to correctional scholarship."--Crime & Justice International Informationen zum Autor Norval Morris is Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Chicago. He is the editor of The Oxford History of the Prison and the author of The Brothel Boy and Other Parables of the Law. In 2000, he received both the American Society of Criminology's Edwin E. Sutherland Award and the National Council of Crime and Delinquency's Donald Cressey Award. Klappentext - A leading authority on crime and punishment recounts the inspiring life of an early advocate of humane prison conditions Zusammenfassung 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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Morris, Norval Morris
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 25.09.2003
• EAN: 9780195169126
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516912-6
• Pages: 240
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 204 mm x 14 mm
• Thèmes: Print on demand; Studies in Crime and Public Policy
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Biography: general, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Australasian & Pacific history, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Australasian and Pacific history