Description
For courses in Introduction to Corrections and Issues in Corrections.
This concise book discusses a broad range of correctional issues and explores them using an engaging text/reader format. Ranging from super max facilities to inmate reentry, its precise coverage explains the interactions that exist in the area of correctional facilities from both a historical and a twenty-first century view. This new edition offers over ten new essays and features compelling contributions from leaders in the field.
Table of Contents
Part I
Introductory Remarks
Chapter 1
The Correctional Key: In/Out - Lock’em Up and Throw Away the Key
Roslyn Muraskin
Chapter 2
Correctional Overview
Roslyn Muraskin
Chapter 3
Correctional History
Roslyn Muraskin
Chapter 4
Issues in Corrections: Changing Goals of Corrections
Roslyn Muraskin
Part II
Issues in Corrections
Chapter 5
Management within a Correctional Institution
Susan C. Craig
Chapter 6
Working with Mentally Disordered Offenders in Corrections
Key Sun
Chapter 7
Introduction to “Prisoner Reentry: The Iron Law of Imprisonment”
Roslyn Muraskin
Chapter 8
Prisoner Reentry: The Iron Law of Imprisonment
Jeremy Travis
Chapter 9
Key Correctional Numbers: Are We Becoming a Nation of Ex-Cons?
Roslyn Muraskin
Chapter 10
Managing Sex Offenders: Exploring Public Opinion
Michelle Coglan & Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Chapter 11
The Current Status of Inmates Living with HIV/AIDS
Mark Lanier & Roberto Hugh Potter
Chapter 12
Further Need for Epidemiological Criminology
Mark M. Lanier, Karol Lucken & Timothy A. Akers
Chapter 13
Faith-Based Prisons: An International Perspective
Janice Joseph
Chapter 14
Arresting Decline and Unlocking Potential: The Standards and Accreditation Approach to Professionalizing Jails
Keith N. Haley & Scott Blough
Chapter 15
Technocorrections: Biometric Scanning and Corrections
Janice Joseph & Rupendra Simlot
Part III
Death Penalty
Chapter 16
The Case for Life or Death: Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances in Capital Murder Trials
Beth Bjerregaard, M. Dwayne Smith & Sondra J. Fogel
Chapter 17
Key Issues in Capital Punishment
Alan S. Bruce & Theresa A. Serverance
Chapter 18
Trends in the Use of Capital Punishment: At the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century
David Baker
Part IV
Gender: Females, Minorities and Young Girls
Chapter 19
Gender Responsive Programs: Addressing the Special Needs of Incarcerated Women
Alana Van Gundy
Chapter 20
The Experience of Women Serving Life Sentences
Sherri L. Browning, Cheryl L. Meyer & Megan M. Mark
Chapter 21
Incarcerated Adult and Juvenile Females: Special Issues to Consider
Michele W. Covington & Jana L. Jasinski waiting
Chapter 22
Women Prisoners: Their Needs
Renita L. Seabrook & Ramona Brockett
Part V
Summing Up
Chapter 23
Conclusions
Roslyn Muraskin
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Key Correctional Issues, CourseSmart eTextbook, 2nd Edition
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$35.99 | ISBN-13: 978-0-13-607148-8
