The prison system and its effects
Subtitle: wherefrom, whereto, and why?
By: Antony Taylor.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781604561937
Subjects: Prisons -- New Zealand -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 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 imprisonment; title: Adverse reactions to imprisonment; title: The management of captives; title: The development of prisons in New Zealand; title: Recent official inquiries into the prison system ine New Zealand; title: Overview and conclusions.