Introduction to corrections
By: Richard Tewksbury, Professor, Department of Justice Administration, University of Louisville
Series: Aspen college series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781454841265
Subjects: Corrections; Crime; Prisons; Administration of Criminal justice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Crime and corrections; title: Corrections and criminal justice: an overview; title: Punishment; title: History of corrections; title: Administration of the prison; title: The prisoner; title: Prisoners' rights; title: Prison violence; title: Corrections for women; title: Jails and local corrections; title: Community corrections; title: Correctional programs; title: Corrections staff; title: Contemporary challenges in corrections.