Télécharger le livre :  Maconochie's Gentlemen
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In 1840, Alexander Maconochie, a privileged retired naval captain, became at his own request superintendent of two thousand twice-convicted prisoners on Norfolk Island, a thousand miles off the coast of Australia.In four years, Maconochie transformed what was one of the...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2003-09-11

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Télécharger le livre :  Maconochie's Gentlemen
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In 1840, Alexander Maconochie, a privileged retired naval captain, became at his own request superintendent of two thousand twice-convicted prisoners on Norfolk Island, a thousand miles off the coast of Australia.In four years, Maconochie transformed what was one of the...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2003-09-11

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Télécharger le livre :  The Oxford History of the Prison
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The word "prison" immediately evokes stark images: forbidding walls spiked with watchtowers; inmates confined to cramped cells for hours on end; the suspicious eyes of armed guards. They seem to be the inevitable and permanent marks of confinement, as though prisons...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1995-11-30

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Télécharger le livre :  Between Prison and Probation
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Across the country prisons are jammed to capacity, and in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow. Probation officers in some cities have caseloads of 200 and more--hardly a manageable number of offenders to track and supervise. And with...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1991-09-12

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