Corrections (Justice Series)

Description

PART 1: PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS IN CONTEXT

1. An Evidence-Based Approach to Corrections
2. Why Do We Punish?
3. Correctional Practices from Ancient to Contemporary Times

PART 2: SENTENCING AND SANCTIONS

1. Sentencing
2. Probation and Community Supervision
3. Jails and Pretrial Release

PART 3: PRISON AND REENTRY

1. Managing Prisons and Prisoners
2. Prison Life
3. Special Correctional Populations
4. Reentry Programs and Parole

PART 4: CORRECTIONAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

1. Legal Issues in Corrections
2. Capital Punishment
3. Juvenile Corrections
4. Revisiting Evidence-Based Practices and What Works

For courses in Introduction to Corrections and Corrections Theory and Policy

Brief. Affordable. Visual.

Corrections provides an affordable, thought-provoking look at corrections that uses clear writing and eye-catching visuals to get your students straight to the important concepts. By focusing on these core concepts, students will gain true understanding of the material, without becoming overwhelmed with unnecessary information. The text examines how evidence-based practices are used in corrections and how theory is linked to treatment and punishment of offenders. The book’s conversation-starting pedagogy encourages active participation in learning, encouraging students to think critically about community corrections, prison life, treatment of offenders, reentry, legal issues, the death penalty, and juveniles in corrections.

Corrections, Third Edition is also available via RevelTM, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience.

Hallmark features of this title

Fundamental concepts in corrections

• The text emphasizes how evidence-based practices are used in corrections. It encourages students to think critically about community corrections, prison life and offender treatment.
• Theories of punishment and correctional policies are linked, placing theory in context.
• Historical context is offered for correctional policy initiatives such as reducing risk, decreasing prison violence, improving prisoner reentry, and narrowing death penalty discretion.

Critical-thinking features

• Think About It features highlight interesting facts or stories and pose discussion questions.
• Each chapter includes a case story accompanied by analytical discussion questions.
• Review questions can be used in class discussions or as writing assignments.

About our authors

Leanne F. Alarid is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at The University of Texas at El Paso. Over the last 20 years, Professor Alarid has taught undergraduate and graduate classes, and published more than 50 journal articles and book chapters. She is the author of Community-Based Corrections (Cengage) and has edited four books, including Behind a Convict’s Eyes: Doing Time in a Modern Day Prison (2004) and In Her Own Words: Women’s Offenders’ Views on Crime and Victimization (2006). Dr. Alarid received the Founder’s Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in 2011 for her contribution to criminal justice education and service. She was recognized in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education as one of the top 20 female scholars in the country out of female PhD graduates in criminal justice between 1996 and 2006. Alarid worked as a counselor for a girls’ group home and as a correctional case manager at an adult halfway house in Denver, Colorado.

Philip L. Reichel is Emeritus Professor at the University of Northern Colorado and Adjunct Professor at the University of New Hampshire Law School. Prior to beginning his career in academia, he worked as a counselor for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. During his more than 40 years in academia, he has received awards for teaching, advising, service and scholarship. He is the author of Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach and co-editor of the Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice. He has also authored or co-authored more than 40 articles and book chapters. His areas of expertise include corrections, comparative justice systems and transnational crime. He has lectured at colleges and universities in Austria, China, Costa Rica, Germany and Poland and has presented papers at side-events during the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Brazil) and the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Vienna). He currently serves as the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ NGO Alternate Representative to the United Nations.

For courses in Introduction to Corrections and Corrections Theory and Policy

Brief. Affordable. Visual.

Corrections provides an affordable, thought-provoking look at corrections that uses clear writing and eye-catching visuals to get your students straight to the important concepts. By focusing on these core concepts, students will gain true understanding of the material, without becoming overwhelmed with unnecessary information. The text examines how evidence-based practices are used in corrections and how theory is linked to treatment and punishment of offenders. The book’s conversation-starting pedagogy encourages active participation in learning, encouraging students to think critically about community corrections, prison life, treatment of offenders, reentry, legal issues, the death penalty, and juveniles in corrections.

Corrections, Third Edition is also available via Revel™, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience. Learn more.

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New and updated features of this title

Insights into corrections: its present and future

• NEW: Seven original Voices in Corrections essays, written by former correctional practitioners or offenders, offer unique viewpoints about various correctional issues.
• UPDATED: Chapter openers present a story related to the chapter content, followed by a discussion question. For example, Chapter 1 opens with a segment about the impact of decriminalization on prisons and their populations.
• UPDATED: A new Smart on Crime initiative section in Chapter 14 postulates where the corrections system may be headed.

Visual representations of hot-button issues

• UPDATED: Engaging graphics, tables, charts and other visual elements flow with the text. More than 20 figures and tables are either new or have the most updated information available.
• NEW: Chapter 7 has a new section, Segregation and Solitary Confinement. The chapter includes a new figure depicting who spends time in segregation.
• UPDATED: Material on women involved in the criminal justice system has been expanded. A new figure describes “ten things we know about women in jails.”

Additional information

Dimensions	1.00 × 8.45 × 10.75 in
Series	The Justice Series
Imprint	Pearson
Format	gen
ISBN-13	09780134548678
ISBN-10	0134548671
Author	Leanne F. Alarid, Philip L. Reichel
Subjects	social sciences, criminal justice, higher education, corrections, Humanities and Social Sciences