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A Brief Introduction to Corrections
About this book
A Brief Introduction to Corrections is a condensed version of the best-selling Introduction to Corrections by Robert D. Hanser. This new text provides students with an overview of corrections that is both practitioner-driven and grounded in modern research. Experienced correctional practitioner and scholar Robert D. Hanser shows readers how the corrections system actually works, from classification to security and treatment to demonstrating how and why correctional practices are implemented.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Publisher Note
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Preface
- Interactive eBook
- Digital Resources
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Early History of Punishment and the Development of Prisons in the United States
- 2 Ideological and Theoretical Underpinnings to Sentencing and Correctional Policy
- 3 Correctional Law and Legal Liabilities
- 4 Jail and Detention Facilities
- 5 Probation and Intermediate Sanctions
- 6 Facility Design and Classification in Jails and Prisons
- 7 Prison Subculture and Prison Gang Influence
- 8 Female Offenders in Correctional Systems
- 9 Specialized Inmate Populations and Juvenile Correctional Systems
- 10 Correctional Administration and Prison Programming
- 11 Parole and Reintegration
- 12 Program Evaluation, Evidence-Based Practices, and Future Trends in Corrections
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- About the Author