Corrections: The Essentials - Brossura

Stohr, Mary K.; Walsh, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 1412986990 ISBN 13: 9781412986991

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 2011

Riassunto

Corrections: The Essentials, is a comprehensive, yet compact version of the typical corrections text. The text addresses the most important topics in corrections in a shorter format, while allowing for more accessibility through cost. It includes the usual topics typically found in corrections textbooks, from the history and development of correctional institutions, to the future of corrections. The book is designed for introductory lower and upper division corrections classes, or as a supplement to other corrections classes at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Mary K. Stohr is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University. She received a Ph.D. (1990) in political science, with specializations in criminal justice and public administration, from Washington State University. Professor Stohr has published over 80 academic works in the areas of correctional organizations and operation, correctional personnel, inmate needs and assessment, program evaluation, gender, and victimization. Her books, with others, include The American Prison (with Cullen and Jonson); Correctional Assessment, Casework and Counseling (with Walsh); Corrections: A Text Reader (with Walsh and Hemmens); Criminal Justice Management: Theory and Practice in Justice Centered Organizations (with Collins); and The Prison Experience (with Hemmens). She is the Executive Director of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, received the Founders Award from ACJS in 2009, and is a Co-Founder of the Corrections Section of ACJS.

Contenuti:

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Book: The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections
Chapter 2: The History of Corrections: Early Practices and Prisons
Chapter 3: Correctional History: Reforms and Themes
Chapter 4: Sentencing
Chapter 5: Jails
Chapter 6: Probation and Community Corrections
Chapter 7: Prisons
Chapter 8: Parole and Prisoner Reentry
Chapter 9: The Correctional Experience for Staff
Chapter 10: Gender and Corrections
Chapter 11: Minorities and Corrections
Chapter 12: Juveniles and Corrections
Chapter 13: Legal Issues in Corrections
Chapter 14: Treatment Programming and Research
Chapter 15: Corrections in the 21st Century (brief)
Glossary

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1412986990
• ISBN 13: 9781412986991
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 311