The prison system and its effects
Subtitle: wherefrom, whereto, and why?
By: Antony Taylor
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781617280351
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: The mounting consensus of informed opinion about the need for change; title: Prison overcrowding; title: Conceptualizing the prison as a social system; title: Assessing the general effects of long-term imprisonment; title: Pathological reactions to imprisonment; title: The management of captives; title: The development of prisons in New Zealand; title: Recent official inquiries into the prison system in New Zealand; title: Overview and conclusions.