The correctional officer
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: Gary F. Cornelius.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594603105
Subjects: Corrections -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Correctional personnel -- United States; Correctional institutions -- United States
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Corrections: definition, offenders, goals and functions; title: Types of correctional facilities; title: Correctional officers : personnel issues and training; title: Early development: punishment and early prisons; title: The development of the modern correctional facility; title: An examination of today's inmate; title: Special populations and methods of handling; title: Physical plant and classification; title: Key and tool control, headcounts, searches and transportation; title: Interacting with inmates; title: Avoiding manipulation; title: Inmate violence; title: The rights of inmates.