Corrections : the essentials /: the essentials. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary K. Stohr, Anthony Walsh.
• Authors: Stohr, Mary K; Walsh, Anthony, 1941-
• Contents: Chapter 1: The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections; Introduction: What Is Corrections?; From Arrest to Punishment; The Theoretical Underpinnings of Corrections; Short History of Correctional Punishment; The Emergence of Positivism: Should Punishment Fit the Offender or the Offense?; The Function of Punishment; The Philosophical Assumptions behind Justifications for Punishment; The Major Punishment Justifications; Retribution; Deterrence; Incapacitation; Selective Incapacitation; Rehabilitation; Reintegration; The Four Legal Traditions and Why They are Useful to Know; The Due Process and Crime Control Models and Cultural Comparisons; The Crime Control Model; The Due Process Model; Is the United States Hard or Soft on Crime?; Chapter 2: Correctional History: Ancient Times–Colonial Jails; Introduction: The Evolving Practice of Corrections; Themes: Truths That Underlie Correctional Practice; Early Punishments in Westernized Countries; Enlightenment - Paradigm Shift; Colonial Jails and Prisons; Chapter 3: Correctional History: The 17th–20th Century; Introduction: The Grand Reforms; Early Modern Prisons and the Pennsylvania and New York Models; Early Prisons and Jails Not Reformed; The Renewed Promise of Reform; Southern and Northern Prisons and the Contract and Lease Systems, and Industrial Prisons; Correctional Institutions or Warehouse Prisons?; Themes That Prevail in Correctional History; Chapter 4: Ethics and Corrections; Introduction: To Do the Right Thing!; Defining Ethics: What is Right (and Wrong)?; Ethical Foundation For Professional Practice; Why People Behave Unethically; How to Prevent Unethical Behavior and to Promote Ethical Work Practices; War on Drugs = Attack on Ethics?; Chapter 5: Sentencing: The Application of Punishment; What is Sentencing?; Types of Sentences: Indeterminate, Determinate, and Mandatory; Habitual Offender Statutes; Other Types of Sentences: Shock, Split, and Non-Custodial Sentences; Victim Impact Statements; Sentencing by Civil Commitment for Sex Offenders; Problem-Solving Courts; Drug Courts; Sentencing Disparity, Legitimate and Illegitimate; Structuring Sentencing: The Presentence Investigation Report; Structuring Sentencing: The Presentence Investigation Report; Structured Sentencing: Sentencing Guidelines; The Future of Sentencing Guidelines; The American Correctional Association’s Statement on Sentencing; Chapter 6: Jails; Introduction: The Community Institution; Jail Types; Jail Inmates and Their Processing; Overcrowding; Gender, Juveniles, Race, and Ethnicity; The Poor and the Mentally Ill; Medical Problems; Substance Abuse and Jails; Suicides, Gangs and Sexual Violence in Jails; Innovations in Jails: New Generation/Podular Direct Supervision Jails, Community Jails; Chapter 7: Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediary Sanctions; The Origins of Probation; Number and Demographic Characteristics of Offenders on Probation; Why do we Need Community Corrections?; The Probation Officer Role; Models of Probation Supervision; Probation Violations and Graduated Sanctions; Probation Officer Stress; Community Supervision and Recidivism; Engaging the Community to Prevent Recidivism; Intermediate Sanctions; Work Release; Intensive Supervision Probation; Shock Probation/Parole and Boot Camps; Victim-Offender Reconciliation Programs (VORPs); Chapter 8: Prisons; Introduction: The State of Prisons; Prison Organizations; Prison Value?; Attributes of the Prison That Shape the Experience; The Prison Subculture; Gangs and the Prison Subculture; Violence; Solutions: Strategies to Reduce Violence, Mature Coping and Social Support; Special Populations; Chapter 9: The Corrections Experience for Staff; Introduction; The State of the Work in Correctional Institutions and Programs; Why the Need to Require More Education and Training Exists; Stanford Prison Experiment; Organizational-Level Factors That Affect the Correctional Workplace; Individual-Level Factors That Affect the Correctional Workplace; Correctional Roles; The Subculture and Socialization; Staff Interactions With Inmates; Other Issues for Staff: Stress, Burnout, Turnover; Ethics; Perceived Benefits of Correctional Work; Chapter 10: Community Corrections: Parole and Prisoner Reentry; What is Parole?; Parole Boards; What Goes in Must Come Out: Prisoner Reentry into the Community; The Impact of Imprisonment and Reentry on Communities; What Makes for a Successful Reentry?; Determining Parole “Success”; Parole Violations and Graduated Sanctions; Halfway Houses; House Arrest, Electronic Monitoring, and Global Positioning Systems; Concluding Remarks on Reenty and Recidivism; Chapter 11: Women and Corrections; Introduction; History and Growth; Current Figures on the Number of Women and Girls in Corrections; Females in Corrections: Needs, Programming, Abuse, and Adjustment; Female Correctional Officers; Chapter 12: Minorities and Corrections; Introduction; Defining Race, Ethnicity, Disparity, and Discrimination; A Legacy of Racism: African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, Asian Americans; The Connection Between Class and Race/Ethnicity; Minorities: Policies and Practices That Have Resulted in Increased Incarceration; Minorities: Adjustment to Incarceration; Minorities Working in Corrections; Chapter 13: Juveniles and Corrections; Introduction: Delinquency and Status Offending; The Extent of Delinquency; The Juvenile Brain and Juvenile Behavior; History and Philosophy of Juvenile Justice; Childhood in the United States; The Beginning of the Juvenile Courts; Processing Juvenile Offenders; Juveniles Waived to Criminal Court; Extending Due Process to Juveniles; Juveniles and the Death Penalty; Juvenile Community Corrections; Intensive Probation; Residential and Institutional Juvenile Corrections; Chapter 14: Legal Issues in Corrections; Introduction; The Rule of Law; The Hands-Off Period: 1866–1963; The Prisoners’ Rights Period: 1964–1978; First Amendment; Fourth Amendment; Eighth Amendment; Fourteenth Amendment; The Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders; Prisoners’ Rights in Comparison Countries; Curtailing Prisoner Petitions; Legal Issues in Probation and Parole; Chapter 15: Correctional Programming and Treatment; The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of Rehabilitation; The Shift from “Nothing Works” to “What Works?”; Evidence-Based Practices; Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; Substance Abuse Programming; Drug Treatment with Swift Consequences for Failure: Hawaii’s HOPE Program; Therapeutic Communities; Pharmacological Treatment; Anger Management; Sex Offenders and Their Treatment; Mentally Ill Offenders; Chapter 16: The Death Penalty; The Death Penalty and Public Opinion; Methods of Execution used in the United States; Legal Challenges to the Death Penalty; Does the Death Penalty Deter?; Financial Costs and the Death Penalty; Racial Disparity in Death Sentences; The Issue of Victim’s Race; Women and the Death Penalty; The Chivalry Hypotheses; The Evil Women Hypotheses; The Death Penalty and Mental Disability; The Death Penalty and Mental Illness; The Innocence Revolution; Some Concerns with DNA Technology; Some Concerns with Neuroimaging Technology; Chapter 17: Corrections in the 21st Century; Introduction: Learning From the Past So That We Have Hope for the Future; Punitive Policies Yield Overuse of Corrections; Decarceration; Professionalization; Corrections Is a Relationship Business; Privatization; Concluding Thoughts;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.6; Corrections; Criminal justice, Administration of; Punishment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483372235
• Related ISBNs: 9781483372242
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