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- catalog abstract ""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 offers an account of this early pioneer in penal reform, enhancing Maconochie's life story with a trenchant policy twist. Maconochie's life and efforts on Norfolk Island, Morris shows, provide a model with profound relevance to the running of correctional institutions today. Using a combination of fictionalized history and critical commentary, Morris gives this work a powerful policy impact lacking in most standard academic accounts."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12285802.
- catalog coverage "Norfolk Island History.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""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 offers an account of this early pioneer in penal reform, enhancing Maconochie's life story with a trenchant policy twist. Maconochie's life and efforts on Norfolk Island, Morris shows, provide a model with profound relevance to the running of correctional institutions today. Using a combination of fictionalized history and critical commentary, Morris gives this work a powerful policy impact lacking in most standard academic accounts."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Norfolk Island, 1840-1844 -- Maconochie and Norfolk Island after 1844 -- Why do prison conditions matter? -- Contemporary lessons from Maconochie's experiment -- Fixed or indeterminate sentences and good time ; Graduated release procedures and aftercare ; Worst of the worst ; Punishment and the mentally ill ; Deterrence, rehabilitation, and prison conditions.".
- catalog extent "xi, 213 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195146077 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in crime and public policy".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Norfolk Island History.".
- catalog spatial "Norfolk Island".
- catalog subject "365/.99482 21".
- catalog subject "HV8950.N84 M335 2002".
- catalog subject "Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860.".
- catalog subject "Penal colonies Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Penal colonies Norfolk Island History.".
- catalog subject "Prison reformers Norfolk Island Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Norfolk Island, 1840-1844 -- Maconochie and Norfolk Island after 1844 -- Why do prison conditions matter? -- Contemporary lessons from Maconochie's experiment -- Fixed or indeterminate sentences and good time ; Graduated release procedures and aftercare ; Worst of the worst ; Punishment and the mentally ill ; Deterrence, rehabilitation, and prison conditions.".
- catalog title "Maconochie's gentlemen : the story of Norfolk Island & the roots of modern prison reform / Norval Morris.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".