'The last fleet': Crime, reformation, and punishment in Western Australia after 1868

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 236-258

  Godfrey, Barry ^a   Cox, David J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convicts; History; Integration; Rehabilitation; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549084085     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.41.2.236     Document Type: Review

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