The problem of prisons
Subtitle: corrections reform in New Zealand since 1840
By: Greg Newbold
Publisher: Dunmore Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wellington [N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781877399213
Subjects: Corrections; History; Administration of Criminal justice; Prison administration
Description: "Greg Newbold provides a comprehensive history of the legislative and administrative changes in corrections and interweaves descriptions of the day-to-day realities of prison life as well as more occasional dramas such as the notorious prison escapes by Maori Mac, George Wilder and John Gillies, and the 1965 inmate riot that left Mt Eden almost uninhabitable for days." "The Problems of Prisons is the first full analysis of the history of the corrections system in New Zealand. It weighs the complex factors that have driven New Zealand's corrections philosophy and practice since 1840."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-316) and index.