The History of Australian CorrectionsBeginning 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. |
Contents
The first prisons | 7 |
The convict era | 19 |
Alexander Maconochie and Norfolk Island | 36 |
Early attempts at a system of law and order | 43 |
The prison in the 19th century | 51 |
The prison in the early 20th century | 65 |
Prison architecture and design | 74 |
The endless cycle of reform | 87 |
Development of corrections in Australian states and territories | 141 |
New South Wales | 142 |
Tasmania | 166 |
Western Australia | 179 |
South Australia | 190 |
Victoria | 200 |
Queensland | 213 |
Northern Territory | 221 |
Common terms and phrases
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