The prison system and its effects
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hauppauge, N.Y. :
Nova Science Publishers,
c2011.
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| Edition: | Rev. and enl. ed. |
| Series: | Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10671333 |
Table of 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.