The History of Australian Corrections

Name: The History of Australian Corrections
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By: Sean O'Toole

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Paperback | 1 April 2006

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Beginning with the punishment systems of the ancient world, Sean O'Toole investigates the birth of the modern prison, the transportation process, the convict era and finally the creation of Australia’s various State and Territory prisons and community corrections systems.

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Key issues and themes
Punishment in the ancient world	p. 2
The first prisons	p. 7
The convict era	p. 19
Alexander Maconochie and Norfolk Island	p. 36
Early attempts at a system of law and order	p. 43
The prison in the 19th century	p. 51
The prison in the early 20th century	p. 65
Prison architecture and design	p. 74
The endless cycle of reform	p. 87
Capital punishment	p. 105
Imprisonment of women, the indigenous, juveniles and the mentally ill	p. 108
Community corrections	p. 124
Towards the future	p. 130
Development of corrections in Australian states and territories
New South Wales	p. 142
Tasmania	p. 166
Western Australia	p. 179
South Australia	p. 190
Victoria	p. 200
Queensland	p. 213
Northern territory	p. 221
Australian capital territory	p. 226
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