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Author Taylor, Antony.

Title The prison system and its effects [electronic resource] / Antony Taylor.

Imprint Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition Rev. and enl. ed.
Description xvii, 315 p.
Series Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections
Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-300) and index.
Contents The aetiology of present-day prisons and other places of captivity : from banishment and slavery to brutality and transportation : Britsh and American creations : Russian, Nazi, Japanese, and Chinese places of control -- The mounting consensus of informed opinion about the need for change -- Prison overcrowding -- Conceptualizing the prison as a social system -- Assessing the general effects of long-term imprisonment -- Pathological reactions to imprisonment -- The management of captives -- The development of prisons in New Zealand -- Recent official inquiries into the prison system in New Zealand -- Overview and conclusions.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Prisons -- New Zealand -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781617280351 (softcover)
9781613241653 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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