Maconochie's Gentlemen The Story of Norfolk Island and the Roots of Modern Prison Reform

Name: Maconochie's Gentlemen The Story of Norfolk Island and the Roots of Modern Prison Reform
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ISBN: 9780195169126

ISBN-10: 0195169123

ISBN-13: 9780195169126

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Authors: Norval Morris

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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 most brutal convict settlements in history into a controlled, stable, and productive environment that achieved such success that upon release his prisoners came to be called "Maconochie's Gentlemen". Here Norval Morris, one of our most renowned criminologists, offers a highly inventive and engaging account of this early pioneer in penal reform, enhancing Maconochie's life story with a trenchant policy twist. Maconochie's…

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List price: $51.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 8.35" wide x 5.51" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Author's Note


About the Author



Norfolk Island, 1840-1844



Maconochie and Norfolk Island After 1844



Why Do Prison Conditions Matter?



Contemporary Lessons from Maconochie's Experiment