NCJ Number
184816
Date Published
2000
Length
557 pages
Annotation
This introduction to corrections includes insights from sociology, psychology, law, and political science.
Abstract
The book is divided into three major parts (The Correctional Context, Correctional Practices and Correctional Issues and Perspectives) comprising 22 chapters, with summaries and study questions: (1) The Corrections System; (2) The Early History of Correctional Thought and Practice; (3) The History of Corrections in America; (4) The Punishment of Offenders; (5) The Law of Corrections; (6) The Correctional Client; (7) Jails: Detention and Short-Term Incarceration; (8) Probation; (9) Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections; (10) Incarceration; (11) The Prison Experience; (12) Incarceration of Women; (13) Institutional Management; (14) Institutional Programs; (15) Release from Incarceration; (16) Making It: Supervision in the Community; (17) Corrections for Juvenile Offenders; (18) Incarceration Trends; (19) Race, Ethnicity, and Corrections; (20) The Death Penalty; (21) Surveillance and Control in the Community; and (22) Community Justice. An epilogue discussing American Corrections Today and Tomorrow reviews five correctional dilemmas and changing corrections. Figures, tables, notes, bibliographies, appendix, glossary, index