Key issues in corrections. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Special problems in corrections
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey Ian Ross ; foreword by Richard Tewksbury.
• Authors: Ross, Jeffrey Ian
• Other Names: Tewksbury, Richard A writer of foreword.
• Contents: What is corrections and what are its problems? -- Misrepresenting corrections -- Misuse of jails -- Underfunding -- Prison conditions -- Classification/proper assessment -- Special populations -- Rehabilitation -- Overburdened community corrections system -- Crowding/overcrowding -- Death penalty -- Hiring standards, requirements, practices, and training -- Working conditions -- Correctional officer deviance -- Officer pay and workload -- Management and administration -- Privatization of corrections -- Future of corrections.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 353.3/90973; Prisons -- United States; Corrections -- United States; Prison administration; 88.15 public services, public enterprises and quasi-public institutions; 86.43 criminal procedure law, criminal law sanctions; Corrections; Prison administration; Prisons; United States; United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781447318750; 1447318757
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.