Maconochie's Gentlemen: the Story of Norfolk Island and the Roots of Modern Prison Reform
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish date: 01/01/2001
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"Morris blends fact with fiction o provide us with a compelling story-- seen through the eyes of Maconochie, members of his family, assigned personnel, and convicts-- of the conditions on this penal colony and his efforts to develop a rational and humane system of rewards and punishment...Maconochie's Gentlemen is an interesting and thought provoking book on correctional policy and practice, in which the lessons are drawn from a historical perspective. Norval Morris has made yet another significant contribution to correctional scholarship."--Crime and Justice International
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