Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 265 pages)
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Illustrations, diagrams
ISBN:
9780228009658
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9780228009665
Serie:
States, People, and the History of Social Change 5
Inhalt:
Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive study of the convict prison system that housed all those who were sentenced to penal servitude between 1853 and 1948, detailing the administration and evolution of the system, its creation, the building of the prison estate, and the experiences of prisoners and staff within it.
Inhalt:
Cover -- PENAL SERVITUDE -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Early Origins of a National Convict Prison System, 1779-1853 -- 2 Building the Convict Prison Estate, 1853-78 -- 3 Life in the Convict Prison I: Regime, Labour, and Education -- 4 Life in the Convict Prison II: Progression and Resistance, Health and Diet -- 5 The Prison Community: Gender, Sexuality, and Class -- 6 Release: Theory, Policy, and Practice -- 7 Recidivism, the Convict Prison Population, and the Gladstone Committee, 1878-1932 -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix: Convict and Staff Autobiographies -- Notes -- Index.
Anmerkung:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780228008422
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780228009092
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Johnston, Helen, 1975 - Penal servitude Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022 ISBN 9780228009092
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780228008422
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Großbritannien
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Freiheitsstrafe
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Straffälliger
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Strafvollzug
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Geschichte 1853-1948
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