Prison versus Western Australia: which worked best, the Australian penal colony or the English convict prison system?
Between 1850 and 1868, a natural experiment in punishment took place. Men convicted of similar crimes could serve their sentence of penal servitude either in Britain or in Australia. For historians and social scientists, this offers the prospect of addressing a key question posed over 200 years ago...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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The British journal of criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 59, Issue: 5, Pages: 1139-1160 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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