The prison system and its effects [electronic resource] / Antony Taylor.

The aetiology of present-day prisons and other places of captivity : from banishment and slavery to brutality and transportation : Britsh and American creations : Russian, Nazi, Japanese, and Chinese places of control
The mounting consensus of informed opinion about the need for change
Prison overcrowding
Conceptualizing the prison as a social system
Assessing the general effects of long-term imprisonment
Pathological reactions to imprisonment
The management of captives
The development of prisons in New Zealand
Recent official inquiries into the prison system in New Zealand
Overview and conclusions.