Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A Prison Diary A Prison Diary Jeffrey Archer,FF 8282 Please see https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1807104W OL1807104W
Grendon and the emergence of forensic therapeutic communities Grendon and the emergence of forensic therapeutic communities Elizabeth Sullivan,Richard Shuker "Grendon opened in 1962 as an experimental psychiatric prison to provide treatment for prisoners with antisocial personality disorder. Today it is run by a prison service governor but continues to op… OL18647205W
The ship thieves The ship thieves Siân Rees The cunningly resourceful Porter and nine other convicts escaped, hijacked a ship and crossed the perilous South Pacific to Chile, passing themselves off as shipwrecked mariners, until betrayal led t… OL18798861W
Prisoners' letters to the Bank of England, 1781-1827 Prisoners' letters to the Bank of England, 1781-1827 Deirdre Palk xxv, 307 pages ; 26 cm OL19102640W
A Cargo of Women A Cargo of Women Babette Smith New edition of the bestselling history that traces the chequered story of 100 women transported together in 1829 to Sydney. Includes new information on the women and treatment of convicts, and new il… OL3150254W
Life at the Bottom Life at the Bottom Theodore Dalrymple "Life at the Bottom offers a searing account - probably the best yet published - of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does.". "Theodore Dalrymple, a British psychiatrist who treats th… OL8371674W