Exploring corrections in America
By: John T. Whitehead, Michael C. Braswell, Mark Jones.
Contributors: Braswell, Michael.; Jones, Mark.
Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Newark, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781593455125
Subjects: Corrections -- United States; Prisons -- United States; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding corrections; title: The history of American corrections; title: Corrections and the courts; title: Jails; title: Community corrections; title: Dimensions of community justice; title: Prisoners and prison life; title: Women offenders and correctional workers; title: Juvenile corrections; title: Special populations; title: Correctional officers; title: Correctional counselors and other treatment professional; title: Issues in correctional administration and management; title: The death penalty in America; title: The evolution of corrections : what does the future hold?