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The prison system and its effects wherefrom, whereto, and why? / Antony Taylor.
| Author/creator | Taylor, Antony |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, |
| Description | xvii, 315 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-300) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010041608 |
| ISBN | 9781617280351 (softcover) |
| ISBN | ebook |