Corrections: foundations for the future

by Stinchcomb, Jeanne B.

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Title Statements

Full title :Corrections : foundations for the future / Jeanne B. Stinchcomb.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxiv, 604 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138135505, 113813550X, 9780415873338, 0415873339, 9780203831588, 0203831586
oclc:ocn644681676
LC Classification:HV9471
Dewey Decimal:365/.973

The correctional conglomerate -- The impact of sentencing policies on corrections -- The development of corrections -- Community-based alternatives -- Jails: pretrial detention and short-term confinement -- Prisons and other correctional facilities -- Dynamics of the prison population -- Custodial procedures -- Treatment and related programs -- The effects of institutional life -- Transition from confinement to community -- Juvenile corrections -- Staff, the key ingredient -- Legal issues and liability -- Current trends and future issues.

Subjects

Corrections Corrections -- History. -- United States Corrections -- United States History Services correctionnels -- États-Unis Services correctionnels -- Histoire. --… United States