Corrections : from research, to policy, to practice /: from research, to policy, to practice. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary K. Stohr, Washington State University, Anthony Walsh, Boise State University.
• Authors: Stohr, Mary K; Walsh, Anthony, 1941-
• Contents: PART 1: Foundations of Corrections; Chapter 1: The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections; What is Punishment?; Introduction: What is Corrections?; The Foundation of Correctional Punishment; The Function of Punishment; The Major Punishment Justifications; The Due Process and Crime Control Models; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 2: Early Corrections: From Ancient Times to Colonial Jails and Prisons; Narrative of Three Men Placed in the Missouri State Prison for Helping Slaves Escape via the Underground Railroad (1847), by George Thompson; Introduction: The Evolving Practice of Corrections; Themes: Truths That Underlie Correctional Practice; Early Punishments in Westernized Countries; Enlightenment—Paradigm Shift; Colonial Jails and Prisons; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 3: Correctional History: Early Prisons to Corrections Today; Jim Crow Treatment in Prisons; Introduction: The Grand Reforms; Early Modern Prisons; Emerging Prison Models; Early Prisons and Jails Not Reformed; The Renewed Promise of Reform; American Corrections in the 20th and 21st Centuries; Themes That Prevail in Correctional History; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 4: Ethics and Corrections; A Novice Bows to Subcultural Pressure, by Mary K. Stohr; Introduction: To Do the right Thing!; Ethical Foundation for Professional Practice; Why People Behave Unethically; How to Prevent Unethical Behavior and Promote Ethical Work Practices; War on Drugs = Attack on Ethics?; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; PART 2: The Correctional System; Chapter 5: Sentencing: The Application of Punishment; Vindictive Versus Sensible Sentencing; Introduction: What is Sentencing?; Types of Sentences; Plea Bargaining; Impact Statements at Sentencing; Structuring Judicial Sentencing Choices; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 6: Jails and Detention Centers; A Mentally Ill Inmate in the Dona Ana County Jail, New Mexico; Introduction: The Community Institution; Jail Inmates and Their Processing; Trends in Jail Populations; Medical Problems; Suicides, Gangs, and Sexual Violence in Jails; Innovations in Jails; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 7: Special Problem-Solving Courts in Corrections; Veterans Courts in Action; Introduction: What Are Problem-Solving Courts?; Drug Courts; Mental Health Courts; Veterans Courts; Domestic Violence Courts; Community Courts; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 8: Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediary Sanctions; Betty's Reproductive Rights Versus the Protection of Children and Society; Introduction: The Origins of Probation; Probation Today; Why Do We Need Community Corrections?; The Probation Officer Role; Strategies to Reduce Recidivism; Intermediate Sanctions; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 9: Prisons and the Correctional Client; Kitchen Supervisor Sexually Abuses Two Male Inmates; Introduction: The State of Prisons; Prison Organizations; Prison Value?; Attributes of the Prison That Shape the Experience; The Prison Subculture; Violence; Solutions: Strategies to Reduce Violence, Mature Coping, and Social Support; Special Populations; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 10: Classification and Assessment of Offenders; The Challenges of Classification; Introduction: What Is Classification and Assessment?; The History of Classification and Assessment; Classification Today; Assessment and Classification in Community Corrections; The Case Management Classification and Supervision Levels; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 11: Correctional Programming and Treatment; Life’s Turning Points; Introduction: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of Rehabilitation; Evidence-Based Practices; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Substance Abuse Programming; Anger Management; Sex Offenders and Their Treatment; Mentally Ill Offenders; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 12: Parole and Prisoner Reentry; The Perils of Parole; Introduction: What Is Parole?; Parole Boards; What Goes In Must Come Out: Prisoner Reentry Into the Community; Determining Parole Success; Approaches to Parole; Concluding Remarks on Reentry and Recidivism; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; PART 3: Correctional Administration; Chapter 13: Correctional Organizations and Their Management; Responses to Realignment; Introduction: Correctional Organizations and Their Management; Organizational-Level Factors That Affect Correctional Operations; Management Theories; Elements of Effective Organizations; Organizational Culture; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 14: The corrections Experience for Staff; John’s Tragic Story, by Mary K. Stohr; Introduction: What Is a Profession?; The State of the Work in Correctional Institutions and Programs; Why Require More Education and Training?; Individual-Level Factors That Affect the Correctional Workplace; Correctional Roles; The Subculture and Socialization; Staff Interactions With Inmates; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; PART 4: Correctional Clients; Chapter 15: Women and Corrections; Supervising Is Different for Women, by Mary K. Stohr; Introduction: Women and Corrections; 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; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 16: Minorities and Corrections; Undocumented Workers and Their Side of the Story; Introduction: Minorities and Corrections; A Legacy of Racism; The Connection Between Class and Race or Ethnicity; Minorities: Policies and Practices That Have Resulted in Increased Incarceration; Minorities: Adjustment to Incarceration; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 17: Juveniles and Corrections; Too Young for Life; Introduction: Delinquency and Status Offending; The Extent of Delinquency; The Juvenile Brain and Juvenile Behavior; History and Philosophy of Juvenile Justice; Processing Juvenile Offenders; Juvenile Community Corrections; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; PART 5: Special Topics in Corrections; Chapter 18: Legal Issues in Corrections; Prison Without Law; Introduction: Legal Issues; The Rule of Law; Constitutional Rights; The Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders; Curtailing Prisoner Petitions; Legal Issues in Probation and Parole; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Useful Internet Sites; Chapter 19: The Death Penalty; A Very Unusual, Very Expensive Serial Killer; Introduction: The Death Penalty and Public Opinion; Methods of Execution Used in the United States; Challenges to the Death Penalty; Racial Disparity in Death Sentences;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (584 pages)
• Subjects: 364.6; Corrections; Prison administration; Correctional institutions -- Administration; Correctional institutions -- Administration; Corrections; Prison administration
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544375533; 1544375530
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