AMENDMENT OF THE PENAL CLAUSES.

The Dilemma of Penal Reform

The Dilemma of Penal Reform. By Dr. Hermann Mannheim, with a preface by Prof. A. M. Carr-Saunders. Allen & Unwin. 1939. pp. 228. 7s. 6d. This book is based on a course of public lectures given at the London School of Economics in 1938-9. Professor Carr-Saunders points ?ut that for the constructive development of Penal Reform we need, firstly, accurate systematic sociological and psychological s...

Determinants of Penal Policies

Robert Garrett, Tasmanian penal colony surgeon: alcoholism, medical misadventure and the penal colony of Sarah Island.

Robert Garrett emigrated from Scotland to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in 1822. Within a few months of arrival he was posted to the barbaric penal colony in Macquarie Harbour, known as Sarah Island. His descent into alcoholism, medical misadventure and premature death were related to his largely unsupported professional environment and were, in many respects, typical of those subjected to t...

Understanding Penal Reform: The Dynamic of Change

The Penal Settlement of Port Blair

man Island. At the entrance to the bay is a small island (Ross), 2^ miles up the bay is a second island (Chatham), and 2 miles beyond Chatham i* a third island (Viper). These three small islands, with numerous stations along the north and south shores of the bay, form the nucleus of the Settlement, which is year by year widening its area from these starting points and spreading inland into Sout...